A biography of the influential New Zealand social campaigner Rutherford Waddell. From his base as a Presbyterian minister in Dunedin, Rutherford Waddell immersed himself in all manner of causes, most notably in campaigning against the miserable plight of women in the clothing industry, which sparked major changes to industrial legislation. Although his views of subjects such as eugenics and prohibition find little contemporary favour, his campaigning on issues such as poverty and inequality remains relevant today.
A biography of the influential New Zealand social campaigner Rutherford Waddell. From his base as a Presbyterian minister in Dunedin, Rutherford Waddell immersed himself in all manner of causes, most notably in campaigning against the miserable plight of women in the clothing industry, which sparked major changes to industrial legislation. Although his views of subjects such as eugenics and prohibition find little contemporary favour, his campaigning on issues such as poverty and inequality remains relevant today.
Preface
Chapter 1 Of Preachers and Writers
Chapter 2 Missionary to Canterbury
Chapter 3 The Devil’s Half Acre
Chapter 4 Church Matters
Chapter 5 The Anti-liquor Crusade
Chapter 6 Irish Politics
Chapter 7 Pulpit, Platform and Page
Chapter 8 Health and Home
Chapter 9 The Mission Hall
Chapter 10 The Sin of Cheapness
Chapter 11 The Tailoresses’ Union
Chapter 12 The Sweating Commission
Chapter 13 Social, Political and Penal Reform
Chapter 14 The Free Kindergarten Movement
Chapter 15 Technical and Literary Education
Chapter 16 The Christian Outlook
Chapter 17 Booze and Bets
Chapter 18 The South African War
Chapter 19 Good Sport
Chapter 20 Acclimatisation
Chapter 21 Conservation
Chapter 22 Ordered North
Chapter 23 Home Missions
Chapter 24 Foreign Missions
Chapter 25 Writing On
Chapter 26 Battle Creek
Chapter 27 The Great War
Chapter 28 Dreamthorpe
Chapter 29 Counted Out
Notes
Bibliography
Available from bookshops, and directly from the publisher, Saddle Hill Press, PO Box 90, Dunedin 9054, saddlehillpress@xtra.co.nz for $49 post free.
Ian Dougherty is a Dunedin-based journalist and historian. He has a Master of Arts degree in history from Otago University and a Diploma in Journalism from Canterbury University. He is the author of 26 books on New Zealand history, biography, culture and society, including biographies of legendary gold prospector William James 'Arawata Bill' O'Leary and writer, publisher and long distance walker Alfred Hamish Reed.
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