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Nancy Eddy
No full textIn 1935 Nancy Gilmour Jamieson went from Peterborough in South Australia to Alice Springs as a shorthand-typist to the town's first legal-practice: that of Beecher Noel Webb. A little later she left for Darwin in the Royal Overland Mail truck (well before the Stuart Highway existed) to see Arthur Rex Eddy, a friend from her youth in Peterborough, and to work for A. E. Jolly and Co. Jolly's motto was ?From a needle to an anchor', such was the variety of goods that it sold.
In 1936 Nancy married Rex Eddy in the Methodist Church, then near the corner of Knuckey and Mitchell Streets. Because it was not customary in those days for married women to work outside the home, she spent most of her early married years in bringing up their two sons in a house next to Frog Hollow in Wood St, and in working from home. Her typing skills were called upon by Darwin Courthouse because it was suffering its traditional shortage of court-reporters.
In late December 1941 Nancy and her sons, were evacuated from Darwin at very short notice and with little opportunity to pack, or to save property. The ensuing journey, aboard MV Koolinda to Fremantle in Western Australia, was begun only a month or so before the first bombings of Darwin by Japanese forces on 19 February 1942.
In 1946 Rex returned safely to Australia after service as a FLTLT within the RAAF element of the RAF's Bomber Command, flying in Lancaster bombers over France and Germany. His association with Jolly's was then renewed when the family left Glenelg, South Australia to return to Darwin. Housing was scarce. Not until 1950 could they move from makeshift accommodation to a house in Mitchell Street (Block 567, well before street-numbering was common).
In due course Nancy created a tropical forest in miniature behind the house, although this was later destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. After both sons had gone away to Adelaide High School, Nancy had begun to study exotic and native plants and their Latin diagnoses, and to teach herself botany and its nomenclature. She worked at the Botanical Gardens, both in identifying plants and in engraving labels for more than a thousand of them. She gave garden-talks in the Territory and as far away as the University of Adelaide and the
Melbourne Horticultural Society, and also gave illustrated talks about plants to local schools, women's organizations and gardening-clubs.
In 1954 Nancy began, and continued for 29 years, as a judge of gardening and horticultural displays at the Darwin Show. She also officiated in the Show's mineralogy section, which was not only another of her interests but also one that she shared with Rex. She was, many times in 30 years, called on by the staff of (then) Darwin Hospital to identify poisonous plants that had been eaten by patients, most of whom were children. Nancy also contributed articles to the North Australian Monthly.
In 1961 Nancy was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia (FRSSA), and as a Life-Member of the Darwin Garden Club. She also amassed and maintained a collection of more than 10,000 photographic records of the changes, both before and after World War II, to Darwin.
In 2012 Nancy died at the age of 96. Rex had predeceased her in 1998 at the age of 84.
Compiled with the assistance of Nancy's son Denis.CollectorGardene
Oral History Interview with Nancy Lieberman, November 8, 2012
No full textInterview with Nancy Lieberman, a sports broadcast journalist. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up in New York, her time on the first women's Olympic basketball team, and her career as a coach, author, and journalist on ESPN
Promoting Adult Learning Through Civil Discourse in the Public Library
No full textThis chapter investigates the adult learning through civil discourse within public library settings. Crucial to the success of a working democracy, the author traces the history of libraries as locations for the development of an engaged and knowledgeable citizenry.This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Kranich, Nancy. "Promoting Adult Learning Through Civil Discourse in the Public Library." New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 127, Fall 2010: 15-24, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ace.377/pdf.Peer reviewe
Letter from Nancy, Greensboro, Alabama, to Dr. R. I. Little, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 2, 1944
No full textCan the First Amendment Coexist with Civility? Response to ‘What Is the Role of Law in Promoting Civility? What Are Its Limits?'
No full textRancorous rhetoric has taken over the public square, causing many citizens to retreat from democratic work. Although self-governance and human dignity benefit when citizens express their views, it takes more than diverse voices to make democracy strong. It takes civility--reasoned public discourse where respect, restraint, responsibility, and empathy coexist with free expression so that fellow citizens can hear each other. And it also takes safe spaces—public forums like those in libraries, where communities come together at the intersection of law and civility and strike their own balance between the boundaries and norms of civil discourse.Originally published in Insights on Law & Society
Oral history interview with Nancy Johnson
No full textNancy Johnson, a 1984 graduate of Oklahoma State University (OSU) with a doctorate in veterinary medicine, discusses her experiences in the program as an older student. She talks about how stressful vet school can be and how helpful other students and professors were to her. Johnson also recalls what it was like to be a woman in a male-dominated field. She mentions how rewarding rural vet medicine is and how much she has enjoyed being a small-town veterinarian. Johnson represents Lincoln County in the Cowboys in Every County project.The O-STATE Stories Oral History collection is comprised of interviews which chronicle the rich history, heritage, and traditions of Oklahoma State University
Nancy Guthrie
No full textNancy Guthrie, author, Nashville, TN, examines two conversations Jesus had, one with his Father, the other with Paul, and how God feels our pain with us
Deliberative Dialogue: Changing the CD Discourse
No full textThis article provides a brief overview of deliberative dialogue and its useful role in professional development for school librarians.Chapter in Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers (Libraries Unlimited, 2012, pp. 299-302), edited by Debbie Abilock, Kristin Fontichiaro, and Violet H. Harada
Libraries and Strong Democracy: Moving from an Informed to a Participatory 21st Century Citizenry
No full textDespite almost universal access to schools, libraries, and information, Americans appear no better informed about the issues and choices before them than in earlier days. Citizens are disconnected from one another and new technologies leave many behind in the digital age--some unable to participate fully in community life. If libraries are to continue to meet the personal and civic information needs of their communities, they need to reexamine their core beliefs and strengthen their capacity to move beyond the bounds of informing citizens to engaging them more actively in public life. Today’s libraries are well equipped to serve as active agents of democracy if they take intentional, strategic action to ensure the civic health and information vitality of their communities and their democracy. They have the potential to become the cornerstones of a strong democracy where citizens can come together to make tough choices about issues of common concern.The published version of this article appears in Indiana Libraries, and is available at this location: http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/IndianaLibraries/article/view/422
Libraries and Civic Engagement
No full textLibraries have long played an important role in the civic life of their communities and organizations. Today, they are more involved than ever convening community conversations, building civic literacy, educating a new generation of citizens, and engaging constituents in issues of common concern. This article provides an overview of the role of libraries in civic engagement, the state of public participation in American life, an historical survey of library involvement, and current opportunities for all types of libraries to partner and participate in civic life.Peer reviewe
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