My mother, Olive Keidan, who has died aged 95, was a psychiatric social worker who became a lecturer in social administration at Liverpool and Bangor universities. In 1967 she became a lecturer in social administration at Liverpool University, a post she held for the next 16 years. During that time she worked as an editor of Penelope Hall’s Social Services in England and Wales, a textbook widely read by anyone in social policy, social work or social administration. Outside social policy Olive was a keen amateur zoologist, botanist, dressmaker, cook, writer and artist. Olive was eternally optimistic and enthusiastic, and had a lust for life and a joy in all things.

Source: The Guardian January 08, 2020 16:52 UTC