page_title: Margaret McMillan
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret McMillan
caption_attribution_description: English: Rachel and Margaret McMillan plaque, Bromley. Thanks to Sam Webber @samdwebber for the photo. See here
context_page_description: Margaret McMillan CH CBE was a nursery school pioneer and lobbied for the 1906 Provision of School Meals Act. Working in deprived districts of London, notably Deptford, and Bradford, she agitated for reforms to improve the health of young children, wrote several books on nursery education and pioneered a play-centred approach that has only latterly found wide acceptance.
context_section_description: Margaret McMillan CH CBE (20 July 1860 – 27 March 1931) was a nursery school pioneer and lobbied for the 1906 Provision of School Meals Act. Working in deprived districts of London, notably Deptford, and Bradford, she agitated for reforms to improve the health of young children, wrote several books on nursery education and pioneered a play-centred approach that has only latterly found wide acceptance.
caption: Rachel and Margaret McMillan plaque, Bromley.
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