Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple
- Written by Barbara Brookes, Professor Emerita of History, University of Otago
Portrait of Sir Truby King by Mary Tripe, circa 1935.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty ImagesFour days after Plunket founder Sir Truby King’s funeral on February 12 1938, the Auckland Weekly News printed a montage of photographs showing the scale of the event.
Women members of the Plunket Society are shown keeping guard over his coffin....
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