Town Hall, Sydney
During Dr Halliday Sutherland ‘s Australian tour of 1939-40 he spoke at the Town Hall in Sydney on Family Limitation, Euthanasia, Birth Control and anthropophobia.
“Norman Haire” by Diana Wyndham
In Norman Haire and the Study of Sex, Dr. Diana Wyndham asserted, falsely in my opinion, that Dr Halliday Sutherland held “Nazi views” and “advocated the death penalty for contraceptive manufacturers”. … Continue reading
Malthus, Malthusianism, Neo-Malthusianism 3
This is the third article (in a series of three) on Malthus, Malthusianism and Neo-Malthusianism. It outlines Halliday Sutherland’s objections to the doctrine. Let’s start with a recap on Malthusian ideas: Malthus … Continue reading
Halliday Sutherland relevant today
The curator of this site, Mark Sutherland, tells how it came about: “I never met Halliday Sutherland. He died six months before I was born. Growing up, I became increasingly … Continue reading
ukessays.com “A Sexual Revolution”
Earlier this month, I read A Sexual Revolution. The essay concerned the life of Marie Stopes and which contained some significant factual errors. It had been written by an unnamed author and published … Continue reading
Marie Stopes Memorial Lecture 1975
Madeleine Simms delivered the 1975 Marie Stopes Memorial Lecture: The compulsory pregnancy lobby – then and now (Simms, M. (1975). Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 25, 709-19.) in which … Continue reading
Merchiston Castle School 3
In this third post of three concerning Halliday Sutherland’s school days at Merchiston Castle school in Edinburgh, he discusses his friends and interests. My chief friend at school was George Munro … Continue reading
“Exposing the Poor to Experiment”
In 1921 Halliday Sutherland’s book Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine Against the Neo-Malthusians was published. The book had originated from an article he wrote for The Month (a Catholic magazine). Following … Continue reading
Why I set up this website.
by Mark Sutherland, grandson of Halliday Sutherland The birth control movement arose at the beginning of the twentieth century from Eugenics and Neo-Malthusianism. In the United States, Margaret Sanger’s birth … Continue reading
Tuberculosis and eugenics
In the United Kingdom every year fifty thousand people die of consumption or tuberculosis of the lung; twenty thousand more from other forms of the disease; a hundred and fifty thousand … Continue reading