| AdminHistory | In this address Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury describes the origins of the Birmingham Branch of the Parents' National Education Union (P.N.E.U.) which developed from an earlier group established in the city called 'Mothers in Council'. Richenda Scott comments on Taylor Cadbury's involvement with this informal group 'who were concerned with the difficult question of the right and healthy upbringing of their children.' President of the Birmingham Branch of the P.N.E.U. in 1909, Taylor Cadbury was also associated with the Birmingham Branch of the Child Study Association. She delivered this address at the Annual Conference of the Parents' National Education Union which was held in Birmingham in 1909. The theme of the 1909 conference was 'The Relation in Education between the Ideal and Practical.' Taylor Cadbury presided over this conference, delivering an address and inviting delegates to stay at her home, the Manor House in Northfield. Delegates were also given a tour of Bournville during the conference to demonstrate the reforms in industrial working and living conditions which had been implemented in the village. The Conference featured a number of evening talks, including a lecture delivered by the Principal of the University of Birmingham, Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940), entitled 'Parents and Children'. |