Public Address | Cafe | Access: Thank you to those stroppy parents who founded the IHC 70 years ago

Hilary Stace

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:07:01 +1300

Thank you. I've just caught up with this. What was her name? She is likely to be in the IHC collection of papers and correspondence in the Turnbull Library. There are also photos of some of the women activists. That first committee was on very good terms with Peter Fraser…

Sacha

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 07:40:20 +1300

Fascinating slice of history. What was her name?

Mr Mark

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:24:02 +1300

Although it hasn’t really been covered in either the book or MA thesis on early IHC history (which focussed heavily on the Anyons), I believe (from detailed family knowledge) that my grandmother played a central role in both the intitial organising & lobbying for the IHCPA and was the one who…

Bob Williams

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:31:04 +1300

Opps sorry my double negatives got the best of me. History has a no-stopping rule.

Bob Williams

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:29:59 +1300

These histories are important to remind ourselves that ideas are always a product of their time. And history does not have a no-stopping rule.

WaterDragon

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:33:14 +1300

Good to give the Anyons the recognition they deserve for their efforts

Hilary Stace

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:46:04 +1300

Even more toxic the shame of disability and difference and the prejudice against children and families.

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:18:34 +1300

Thanks Hilary. It is never lost on me that there was a time when we would have been under pressure to give up our own children to institutionalisation.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:36:23 +1300

Thanks for posting this Russell, and for your ongoing support of the Access blog site. Hopefully the names Margaret and Hal (Harold) Anyon, and their battles for inclusion of all children, will soon better known as a result of the new focus on teaching our NZ history.

Public Address

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 08:36:23 +1300

Discussion from blog post.