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Labour and Childhood (Paperback)
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Labour and Childhood (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Education
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Celebrated for her pioneering work to improve the education, health
and welfare of slum children, Margaret McMillan (1860 1931) was an
active socialist campaigner and member of the Independent Labour
Party. Her involvement with Bradford school boards drew her
attention to the poor state of health of the pupils - rickets,
scurvy, anaemia and malnutrition were commonplace. Working with her
sister Rachel (1859 1917), as well as lobbying for improved
standards, Margaret opened the country's first school clinic in Bow
in 1908. The sisters' most famous enterprise, the Deptford Camp
School, soon followed, and the Rachel McMillan College for training
nurses and teachers was founded in 1930. One of her many
influential books on pre-school and primary education, this work of
1907 considers the vital role of the school doctor and argues that
the practice of poor schoolchildren engaging in part-time labour is
detrimental to their well-being.
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