Susan Isaacs is appointed as the first Manager of the progressive Malting House School at Cambridge

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1 January 1924

The psychoanalyst and educator, Susan Isaacs is appointed as the first Manager of the progressive Malting House School at Cambridge, which was known to be guided by psychoanalytic ideas. It was one of a few 1920s progressive schools, such as Summerhill and Beacon Hill School, which their founders argued to be influenced by psychoanalytic principles.