Winifred Hoernlé

thumb|Winifred Hoernlé Winifred Hoernlé was a South African anthropologist and social reformer. She was one of the pioneers of social anthropology in South Africa and was widely recognised as the “mother of social anthropology in South Africa”. She served as president of the South African Institute of Race Relations from 1948 to 1950 and was involved in social reform, child welfare, education and penal reform. She opposed racial discrimination and advocated equal opportunity, freedom of expression and the rule of law. She died in Johannesburg in 1960. Quotes Liberals have always found themselves compelled to criticise and challenge all inter-group relations in which one group in its own interests, disintegrates other groups without offering opportunities for new integration, or imposes rigid limits to the progress and self development of other groups. They have always stood up both for the liberties of oppressed or restricted individuals and for the liberties of oppressed groups, whether economic classes, churches, nations or races. Institute of Race Relations Liberals are convinced that it is possible to share advantages and privileges and to communicate them to others without in the process denying to generations of men any worthwhile life at all. They are satisfied that it is possible, without violent revolution, to give open access to the culture values of humanity to all. Institute of Race Relations Never resting, never tiring, it is the duty of liberals to devote their initiative and their energy to the achievement of ‘free minds in free societies’ in which the quality of human lives is no longer a reproach to any but maybe some individual selves. Institute of Race Relations Liberals must be prepared to make great sacrifices to prove that material benefits can be won without crushing the freedom of the spirit. ‘The state was made for man, not man for the state.’ Institute of Race Relations External links Category:1885 births Category:1960 deaths Category:Anthropologists from South Africa Category:Women academics from South Africa Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Anti-apartheid activists