Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales
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The Racial Hygiene Association of New South Wales was an Australian based association founded in 1926 by Lillie Goodisson[1] and Ruby Rich of the Women's Reform League. The association was originally known as the Racial Improvement Society until 1928.[2][3] It is now known as Family Planning NSW.[4]
The association was involved in promoting sex education, preventing and eradicating venereal disease and the education of the public in eugenics.[5] Goodisson served as general secretary for the association. She advocated the selective breeding of future generations for the elimination of hereditary disease and defects and campaigned unsuccessfully for the segregation and sterilization of the mentally deficient and for the introduction of pre-marital health examinations. Although Goodisson campaigned for her association's eugenics goals, her own interest in the topic is not clear; her main interests were in contraception and politics.
The association produced a number of booklets to further these aims. They included 'What Parents Should Tell Their Children and Sex in Life – Young Women'.[6]
The first birth control clinic in Sydney was founded by the association in 1933.[7]
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- ^ Goodisson, Lillie Elizabeth (1860? - 1947) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- ^ Family Planning NSW: News: Announcements: 80 years of Family Planning
- ^ Eugenics in Australia
- ^ Family Planning NSW: News: Announcements: 80 years of Family Planning
- ^ Meredith Foley, Goodisson, Lillie Elizabeth (1860? - 1947), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 47-48.
- ^ Advice for girls
- ^ Goodisson, Lillie Elizabeth (1860? - 1947) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
