Speaker:- Randolph Hollingsworth
Worship Leader:- Viv Allen
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From Viv Allen:-
About a year ago an email dropped into my inbox from my cousin Hamish who I only catch up with at family funerals. Attached to that email was a 93 page thesis on my great, great Aunt, Annie Jane Schnakenberg nee Allen, who I knew little about except that she’d fought for women’s suffrage in NZ and was a fluent speaker of Maori, so I was very excited to find out that Randolph Hollingsworth had done a huge amount of research into Annie Jane’s life and written a thesis about her. I quickly got in touch with Randolph to find out more and was delighted to meet her as she now lives in Auckland. Randolph is now an independent scholar, who enjoys researching women’s history which is how she came to write about Annie Jane. Often in NZ we only hear about the main characters in history such as Kate Sheppard but there were many more women who helped fight for women’s rights. Now I’m going to let Randolph tell you more about this fascinating women, Annie Jane.
Randolph Hollingsworth © 15 September 2024
We’ve no text of the talk this week but Randolph has provided extensive notes by way of a draft PDF of the content of this talk.
Links
Opening Words:- “Equality” by Maya Angelou
Chalice Lighting:- is by Albert Schweitzer
Closing Words:- “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou