References - chapters 9, 10 and 11

Chapter 9. The founding of the Canadian Mothercraft Society
  • 1. Dr Alan Brown, Portrait of a Tyrant by A B Kingsmill p.51
  • 2. www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/History-and-Milestones/index.html
  • 3. Anne Russell, personal communication
  • 4. NZ Herald 3 October, 1932 p.10
  • 5. The Canadian Mothercraft Society by N J McDiarmid p.45
  • 6. The Globe 6 March, 1931 p.14
  • 7. The Canadian Mothercraft Society by N J McDiarmid p.36
  • 8. NZ Herald 23 September, 1931 p.6

Chapter 10. The premature death of Irving Robertson
  • 1. Letter to cousin Kathleen 1898, p.1 - reproduced in Chapter 6 p.25
  • 2. CEF army file
  • 3. The Paper Tyrant by Ron Poulton p.173
  • 4. Death certificate
  • 5. The Paper Tyrant by Ron Poulton

Chapter 11. What now for Barbara and the Canadian Mothercraft Society?
  • 1. The Canadian Mothercraft Society by N J McDiarmid p.36
  • 2. ibid p.38
  • 3. ibid p.46
  • 4. Evening Post 19/5/1936 p.15
  • 5. Newmarket Era 30/4/1953 p.5
  • 6. The Canadian Mothercraft Society by N J McDiarmid
  • 7. ibid p.51
  • 8. Anne Russell, personal communication
  • 9. Eunice Dyke, Health Care pioneer by Marion Royce p.227
  • 10. The Canadian Mothercraft Society by N J McDiarmid p.57
  • 11. ibid