| Description | Ethel Adair Impey (1877 - 1961) nee Roberts, originally from London, is thought to have become a member of the Society of Friends at some point in the years before her marriage to Francis L. Impey in Birimingham in 1908. They lived in Kings Norton.
Ethel Impey was involved in many organisations locally. She was on the staff of Anstey College of Physical Training, then in Halesowen, from 1899 - 1902, she was a founder member of the Ling Association, later known as the Physical Education Association of the United Kingdom, and started the Journal of School Hygiene and Physical Education in 1909, editing it for 20 years. She was a member of Kings Norton Urban District Council's Education Committee 1908-1911, and of Birmingham City Council Education Committee until 1912/13. During World War One, she was in the Soldiers and Sailors Family Association, being responsible for maternity cases locally, and she was active in the suffragette movement behind the scenes. During World War Two she was in the Women's Voluntary Service.
From 1918 - 1949, Ethel Impey was President of Birmingham and District Gymnast's club and from 1923 - 1948 President of Kings Norton Fifty Club. She founded the 'Kings Norton and Northfield Survey Group' a historical research group, and was its President from 1954 - 1961. During the World War Two she was in the Anglo-Soviet Friendship Society and she was Hon,. Secretary and Treasurer for the Greenway Robinson Estate Society from 1945 - c. 1960. She attended Northfield Preparative Meeting and was Convenor of Northfield Meeting House Premises 1928 - 1952. |