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TRIVIA: Kenspeckle Sisters
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Margaret and Rachel McMillan from Inverness pioneered nursery education
in the early 20th century. Trainee governesses in Bloomsbury they
became radical socialists and suffragettes. Their major contribution
was to improve the welfare of slum children through school medical
inspections and they led a successful national campaign for school
meals.
They set up clinics at Bow and Deptford and in 1914 opened the first
Nursery School in Peckham. Margaret was an influential writer on early
education and the sisters are remembered today - Margared has a park
and a nursery school named after her and Rachel a nursery school and
teachers college.
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| Written by Alexander Ramsay | |||||
| Thursday, 01 May 2008 | |||||
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