Hi all, The discussion on diet is close to my heart at present since I have been put on a strict no wheat, sugar, dairy products or yeast diet to try to shake years of CFS. It is certainly helping. How can we develop a campaign around healthy food for mothers? My chiro said she was so disgusted with what her friend was served she took meals into the private hospital to her! Any suggestions on building awareness of nutrition as major factor not only in b'feeding but mothers' health? How much is in mid. curricula? Could ACMI be asked to promote guidelines to state health depts and hence hospitals?
Finally, for those with historical curiosity, a note on egg powder from research for my earlier book, the Disenchantment of the Home: At the Royal Commission on the Basic Wage in 1920, several working class housewives were quizzed about expenditure. The minutes of the inquiry are FASSCINATING reading for insights into these women's lives. A particular point of contention was the Commissioners' (men!) repeatedly arguing for egg powder as a sign of thrift. This was firmly rejected by the women: 'I do not think there could be any nourishment in them...If it is sold so cheaply compared with eggs there must be a lot of difference in them. There is nourishment in the eggs and the children like them' (Mrs Jennie Jobson) and "I am not going to eat egg powder as long as fowls will lay eggs. While eggs are in the country, I have a right to get them' said Mrs Ruby Burley from Footscray. When asked what was the matter with egg powder, she replied ' I have not tried it. You might find it tasty to the appetite, but the body would not be satisfied'!! Our grandmothers fought hard over such seemingly trivial things- we need to do likewise! cheers Kerreen Dr Kerreen Reiger Director of Women's Studies Senior Lecturer in Sociology School of Social Sciences La Trobe University Australia 3086 Ph: 61 3 9479 1040 Fax: 61 3 9479 2705 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
