Biography:Jane Wynne Willson
Jane Wynne Willson (born 1933)[1] is a British teacher, writer, campaigner and humanist. She was a vice-president and is now a patron of Humanists UK.[2]
Biography
She worked as a teacher, first becoming actively involved in the secular humanist movement when her oldest child was attending school.[citation needed]
She established local humanist groups in Bristol and Cheltenham, and has since been an officer of Birmingham Humanists for over 30 years. She was a member of the BHA Executive Committee from 1966 to 1972, and again from 1988 to 1994, chairing the committee from 1989 to 1992. She was a Chair of the International Humanist and Ethical Union from 1993 to 1996, and its Vice-President until 2002. She served as a Director of the Rationalist Press Association.[3] Her mother was a barrister, Theodora Llewelyn Davies.[4][5]
In September 2021, the Jane Wynne Willson Celebrant Training Bursary was announced, to be awarded annually to help more people in the West Midlands, especially those from low income socio-economic backgrounds and currently underrepresented groups, train as Humanist celebrants.[6]
Books
Her books on non-religious ceremonies, such as funerals, weddings, and baby namings include:[3]
- Sharing the Future (first published as To Love and to Cherish, 1988, several later editions)
- Funerals Without God (first published 1989, several later editions; ISBN:0-901825-14-X)
- New Arrivals (first published 1991; later revision with Robert Ashby, 1999)
- Parenting without God: Experiences of a Humanist Mother (1998)[7]
- The Chain of Love - A Victorian Family History (2007)[8]
References
- ↑ "Jane Wynne Willson at ISBNdb.com". http://isbndb.com/d/person/willson_jane_wynne.html.
- ↑ "Humanists UK Patron: Jane Wynne Willson". https://humanists.uk/about/our-people/patrons/jane-wynne-willson/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 British Humanist Association: Jane Wynne Willson
- ↑ "1920-1939 Maurice Llewelyn Davies" (in en). https://www.broad-how.com/1920-1939-maurice-llewelyn-davies.
- ↑ Logan, Anne (2008). Feminism and Criminal Justice. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi:10.1057/9780230584136. ISBN 978-1-349-36426-8.
- ↑ "Bursary launched in honour of humanist ceremonies pioneer as she retires from Birmingham Humanists Committee". 28 September 2021. https://humanists.uk/2021/09/28/bursary-launched-in-honour-of-humanist-ceremonies-pioneer-as-she-retires-birmingham-humanists-committee/.
- ↑ Wynne Willson, Jane (1998). "Parenting without God: Experiences of a Humanist Mother", Educational Heretics Press, Nottingham; ISBN:1-900219-11-5
- ↑ W H Smith: The Chain of Love
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