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Berit Moore
Berit Stueland became Berit Moore later Berit Thornberry (1937 – 2012) was a Norwegian born activist for sex education and disability rights. She translated a copy of The Little Red Schoolbook into English which was declared obscene and with Megan du Boisson she founded the Disablement Income Group Life Stueland was born in the Norwegian port and city of Bergen in about 1937. Her childhood was during the second world war and her father was a member of the Norwegian resistance. He was also a church minister and her mother was a teacher. In 1958 she decided to become an au pair in England and at a youth group she met her future husband, Brian Moore. They had two children and shortly after the second was born in 1961 she was given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Megan du Boisson had also been given a similar diagnosis. Megan du Boisson and Moore wrote a letter to ''The Guardian'' on 22 March 1965. At the time, social security payments to disabled people depended on the caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
