Madam Chair, and the House at Large: The Story of the African Self-Help Association - Dawn Haggie

Memoir by Dawn Haggie, chairperson of the African Self Help Association (ASHA) from 1956-1990, covering the life of the association from the beginnings. Signed by the author, several bw photos interspersed with the text.
Dawn Haggie, who was chairman of the African Self Help Association [ASHA] from 1956 to 1990, has written a personal memoir covering the life of the Association from the beginnings.
It brings in the personalities involved in the part played by ASHA in the political and sociological history of the period.
These events may one day be forgotten and the purpose of this book is to record some of what happened in Soweto at the height of the apartheid era, and the remarkable achievements of ASHA over the past fifty years.
The title of this history refers to the custom of members of the Association in the early days who used to preface their remarks at meetings with the formal address, Madam Chair and the House at Large.
 

    Book condition: Fine to New.
    Binding: Hardcover.  First edition hard back binding in publisher's original illustrated laminated covers.
    Published by ASHA, 1st Edition, 1994.
    Signed by the Author
    No Dust Jacket.
    Binding Condition: Fine
    Overall Condition: Fine
    Size: Octavo (8vo) (248 mm x 176 mm x 17 mm)
    148 pages.
    ISBN-10 : 0620186135

It is a moving account of the endless problems that were tackled and overcome by a group of intrepid white and black women determined to provide these much-needed services.