# Mary Dendy

> Mary Dendy was a British eugenicist and promoter of residential schools for mentally handicapped people, known as institutionalisation. Dendy was the driving force that established a colony for the "feeble-minded". Dendy believed in separate development to avoid crime and these people passing their problems on to their children. She joined the Eugenics Education Society.

*British educationist (1855-1933)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mary-dendy

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1855-01-28
- **Died:** 1933-05-09
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Mary Dendy was a British eugenicist and promoter of residential schools for mentally handicapped people, known as institutionalisation. Dendy was the driving force that established a colony for the "feeble-minded". Dendy believed in separate development to avoid crime and these people passing their problems on to their children. She joined the Eugenics Education Society.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.1
- **Momentum:** 5.6

## Sources
- [Mary Dendy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dendy)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16029174)

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