Radio Interview with Andrew West on The Religion and Ethics Report ABC Radio National (20 October 2021)

How proponents of bible-focused teaching overthrew a revered Principal

What’s the point of church-affiliated schools that don’t teach the church’s values? It’s been a long debate. In 1984, the elite Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne decided not to renew the contract of its celebrated headmistress Joan Montgomery, noted for her liberal and humanist approach to girls’ education. 

Law academic and former PLC school captain Kim Rubenstein tells the story of the dispute, and the much bigger debate behind it, in her new book "The Vetting of Wisdom: Joan Montgomery and the Fight for PLC."