Postwar Women 1945-1960 and Their Daughters 1970-1985: an Analysis of Continuity, Contradiction, and Change in Two Generations of Pakeha Women as Mothers, Wives, and Workers (1988)
Doctoral advisor
James Urry, Ann Chowning
Influences
Jack Shallcrass, Jan Pouwer, Sonja Davies, Cathy Wylie, Geraldine McDonald
Academic work
Institutions
Victoria University of Wellington Hamilton Teachers' College University of Waikato University of Otago
Helen MayONZM (born Helen May Bradwell on 25 February 1947; from 1968 to 1983 known as Helen Cook or sometimes Helen May Cook) is a New Zealand education pioneer. She has been an eloquent activist and academic in education, with a strong feminist focus on early childhood education. Her advocacy has been characterised by its focus on the rights and needs of children and teachers, expressed by an active and collaborative engagement with educational institutions, trade unions, the Ministry of Education and other government agencies.
During her career she has taken on the roles of a schoolteacher of children aged 5–7, childcare worker, teachers' college and university lecturer, and professor and dean of education.
She is the author of numerous books, mainly on historical and political aspects of early years teaching. Since 2017 she has been an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Otago[3] and adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington.
^Bell, Marie (1 January 2004). The Pioneers of Parents' Centre: Movers and Shakers for Change in the Philosophies and Practices of Childbirth and Parent Education in New Zealand (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
^Mitchell, Linda (2007). A New Debate About Children and Childhood. Could it Make a Difference to Early Childhood Pedagogy and Policy? (PhD thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington.
^"Professor Helen May, Home, Otago University Press, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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