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A pioneer who spent her life helping physically disabled children to excel academically.
Anne Mathams, a pioneer of education for children physically disabled with cerebral palsy, has died aged 97.
A former pupil of St George's School for Girls in Edinburgh, Anne started her teacher training in 1932 at Jersey Ladies' College and completed it at Moray House in Edinburgh. While there, she taught at several Edinburgh nursery schools where she developed her ambition to specialise in the teaching of physically-handicapped children.
In 1935, she qualified as an infant mistress and worked as an unattached teacher in Edinburgh primary schools, becoming headmistress of Stanwell Nursery in 1936, St Leonard's...