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Frances Mansbridge, née Frances Jane Pringle, was born around 1876 in Cape Town, South Africa and died 1958 in Ealing, London. She is known, but not yet commemorated, for her role as co-founder the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) with her husband Albert Mansbridge.〔T.W. Price (1924): The Story of the Workers'Educational Association 1903-1924 The Labour Publication Co. Ltd. London. p.16. ASIN: B00116OMME〕 ==Biography== Frances Jane Pringle was born in Cape Town, South Africa around 1876. Her father John was a student at Trinity College, Dublin and she had a brother J C Pringle. She had become engaged to Albert Mansbridge (1876 - 1952) when they were both Sunday school teachers, sharing the ambition to do good works.〔Bernard Jennings (2002): Albert Mansbridge The Life and Work of the Founder of the WEA. University of Leeds. p.15. ISBN 1 901981 11 8〕 In July 1900, in St Mark's Church in the Parish of Battersea in Wandsworth, London, she and Albert were married by Canon Charles Gore.〔Bernard Jennings (2002): Albert Mansbridge The Life and Work of the Founder of the WEA. University of Leeds. p.16. ISBN 1 901981 11 8〕 The marriage was witnessed by Thomas Mansbridge, Albert's father, and C B Pringle. At that time Frances's address was 10 Brunell's Road and Albert's was 10 Middleton Road. They had a son, Thomas John (known as John), a year later.〔^ Births, Marriages and Death Records England and Wales〕 In 1901 they were living at 52 Winsham Grove, Battersea, with Albert a Commercial Clerk and Teacher. In 1911 they were living at 85 Hampstead Way, Hendon in a seven roomed house with their son and an 18-year-old General Domestic Servant, Dorothy Frances Tucker, born in Sheerness.〔1901 and 1911 Census of England and Wales〕 Together with friends, Albert and Frances formed the Christian Economics Society. On 16 May 1903〔T.W. Price (1924): The Story of the Workers' Educational Association 1903-1924 The Labour Publication Co. Ltd. London. p.16. ASIN: B00116OMME〕 Frances and Albert founded an association to promote the Higher Education of Working Men, which became the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) in 1905, using two shillings and sixpence from the housekeeping money.〔2003: A Century of Learning 1903 - 2003 Timeline. Workers' Educational Association Scotland. © WEA ScotIand. ISBN 0 902303 511〕 In 1907 the WEA convened a women's group which developed into the Women's Advisory Committee; the members including Frances Mansbridge, Agnes Maude Royden and Margaret MacDonald (social reformer). In 1945 the couple went into semi-retirement at Paignton, Devon. Frances died in 1958 in Ealing, London, aged 82.〔^ Births, Marriages and Death Records England and Wales〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frances Mansbridge (née Frances Jane Pringle)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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