ABSTRACT
Dr Susan Isaacs was the daughter of William Fairhurst, of Bolton, Lancashire, and of Miriam Sutherland. She remained on the staff of the Clinic until her death, and contributed signally in a great number of ways to the scientific work of the Society and to the practical work of the Institute. Her small handbook for mothers and teachers, The Nursery Years, written in 1929, is known all over the world; it was awarded the Parents' Magazine Medal in the United States. Her passionate interest in the conditions, first, of young children's education, and, secondly, of their general upbringing in the home, arose out of her own experiences. It was characteristic of Susan Isaacs that when she found that there was a great deal which she had not yet encompassed, especially in the work of Melanie Klein, she decided to start again as a trainee and to go through the whole course.
