Norah Lillian Fry (1871–1960) was a member of a

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Fry family of the J. S. Fry & Sons company. She was an advocate and campaigner for

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children and those with learning difficulties and in 1918 became the first female councillor in

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Blue Plaque in Brislington Norah Fry was born and educated in

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, one of the daughters of Francis James Fry and a relative of

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. She later became Norah Lillian Cooke-Hurle after her marriage to Joseph Cooke-Hurle in 1915. She was an advocate for better services for people with learning difficulties. She was very concerned about the lack of proper schools for disabled children and the shortage of housing for people with learning difficulties. She served as the chair of the statutory mental deficiency committee and a key member of the Somerset Association for Mental Welfare (SAMW). The Norah Fry Research Centre in the

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is named after her, as was a hospital in

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