Mia kellmer pringle biography of donald
Mia Lilly Kellmer Pringle (20 June – 21 February ) was an Austrian-British child psychologist.!
Mia Kellmer Pringle, founder and first director of the National Children's Bureau.
Early Years Pioneers: Mia Kellmer Pringle
Who was Mia Kellmer Pringle?
At a time when children and families are high on the political agenda, we sometimes forget that it was not always so. But if there is one person who laid the foundations for the current focus on prevention and early intervention, and on the importance of the first five years of life and the role of parents, it is Mia Kellmer Pringle, founder and first director of the National Children's Bureau.
Mia was born in 1921 and grew up in Vienna, fleeing from Nazi occupation with her mother as a young woman of 18.
They arrived in England with little more than the clothes they were wearing. In the following years, Mia showed the determination, ability and sheer hard work that were to characterise her for the rest of her life.
For 12 years she kept up a punishing schedule of part-time jobs - including working in Woolworths, typing and working as a nursery and primary teacher - while she pursued her higher education, gai
