Never Judge a Book by its Cover

Jean Horan was not the sort of person who took no for an answer, even if it led her down a slightly unconventional path. In 1948, the quiet but determined mother of two was put in charge of a committee that drove planning and fundraising for a new preschool at Flinders Park in Adelaide. In the boom post-war years, the western suburbs were home to a rapidly increasing number of young children, but there were no educational facilities anywhere nearby.