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Conference Abstract: DOMUS Abstract Helen Proctor In the 1970s an array of new organisations and associations appeared on the educational policy landscape across the globe, aimed at reshaping contemporary schooling, o…
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The changing gender norms in the 1970s and 80s
Free The Nip! Another fascinating revelation emerges from groups dedicated to advocating for women’s rights, particularly the Nursing Mothers Association. Initially perceived as a conventional mothers’ group, a deeper…
The politics of language in the 1970s and 80s
One World, One Language Another surprising group was the Esperanto Association. Although it originated long before the 1970s, it experienced a resurgence in popularity during this period, likely influenced by the Worl…
“Postage will prove a big expense”: Hand-made newsletters and education reform campaigners in 1970s-1980s Australia
Conference Abstract: International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE) 2022, Milan Helen Proctor This paper is grounded in a set of historical phenomena occurring in the settler colony of Australi…
Speaking for and about the ‘Christian’ view in public debates about Australian schooling in the 1970s and 1980s
Workshop: Religion and Education workshop, Australian National University, Canberra Helen Proctor, Susan Goodwin, Jessica Gerrard In this paper we identify and map a collection of groups and individuals who – in diffe…
Grassroots conservatism and participatory politics: mobilisations against the ‘perils of progressivism’ in Australian schools.
Conference Abstract: ISA Helen Proctor, Susan Goodwin, Jessica Gerrard This paper provides an historically grounded analysis of mobilisations of conservative grassroots groups that aim to challenge ‘progressive’ refor…
Urgent moral reform: schools as a key site for Australian conservatives, 1970s-1980s
Conference Abstract: AHA, 2022 Jessica Gerrard, Helen Proctor, Susan Goodwin For both ‘progressive’ and ‘conservative’ social and policy reformers schools in the post-war period have been foundational social instituti…
Education ‘conservatives’ and The Little Red Schoolbook in 1970s Australia
Conference Abstract: Australian Historical Association 2023, Melbourne Helen Proctor, Heather Weaver, Jessica Gerrard, Susan Goodwin This paper examines ‘conservative’ responses to the 1972 publication in Australia of…