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a seven-month-old baby she had found in a convent in Naples. By this time her family were living in the New Forest and her parents agreed to adopt the child to ensure that no one thought she was Belle's natural daughter. Rennie took an interest not only in this child's development, but in development in general. She visited the
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was to extend the government's commitment to supplying nursery education. Rennie needed a new principal for the college. and she approached de Lissa who had been a keynote speaker at her Runton conference. This would lead to the
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