Marie Porter

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Marie Porter AM (born 4 November 1939) is a researcher, writer and advocate for the welfare of women and children. She founded the Australian Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (AMIRCI) in 2001. [1] In her role as founder and chairperson of AMIRCI, Porter has presided over multiple international conferences held in Australia. These events are attended by a network of academics, postgraduate students, artists, health professionals and lawyers. [2]

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Porter has also been an active advocate in the field of disability and was instrumental in the establishment of several organisations focused on the severely physically disabled including Friends of Brain Injured Children in 1977, the Mamre Association (respite care for parents of disabled people) in 1983 and NIRAN Inc (permanent residential accommodation for severely disabled adults) in 1990. [2]

Education and career

Porter originally trained as a teacher and worked in education until she was forced to resign in 1962 as a result of the marriage bar. Over several decades Dr Porter was then primary carer for her severely physically disabled son with fragile health. During this period she completed her Bachelor of Arts. Porter has described her struggles during this time [3] :

After completing her Phd she continued her research and lecturing. She organised the inaugural course on motherhood at the University of Queensland : HUMN2001: The Mother: Images, Issues and Practices. [4] Porter's 2008 publication, ‘’Transformative Power in Motherwork’’, was based on her 2006 PhD thesis [5] , which received the Dean's commendation from the University of Queensland. Since then she has published numerous texts on motherhood and has lectured internationally on this topic. [6] Through setting up of AMIRCI she has provided an avenue for many others to present and publish research in this emerging field. [7]

Awards

Dr Porter was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Australian Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement - About Us". www.mothering.org.au. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia (M-Z)" (PDF). Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Unlikely Addicts". Glass Lake Local | Jennifer Pinkerton. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Porter, Marie; Kelso, Julie (5 May 2009). Theorising and Representing Maternal Realities. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   9781443810425.
  5. ↑ Marie, Porter (1 January 2006). "Transformative Power in Motherwork: A Study of Mothering in the 1950s and 1960s".Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ↑ "Trove search results for 'Marie Porter'". Trove. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  7. ↑ Brock, Sophia Ashleigh Manuel (27 January 2015). "The individualization thesis and mothering children with disabilities". Journal of Family Studies. 21 (3): 261–281. doi:10.1080/13229400.2015.1086404.
  8. ↑ "PORTER, Marie". It's an Honour. Australian Government. Retrieved 12 June 2018.


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