Margaret McMillan was a nursery school pioneer and lobbied for the 1906 Provision of School Meals Act.
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12 Facts About Margaret McMillan
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Margaret McMillan was born to James and Jean McMillan in Westchester County, New York, on 20 July 1860.
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Margaret McMillan's parents were from Inverness but had emigrated to the United States in 1840.
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Margaret McMillan went on to study Psychology and Physiology, followed by Languages and Music in Germany.
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In 1887 Margaret McMillan was introduced to Christian socialism and read articles by William Morris and William Thomas Stead and after July 1888 joined her sister in London.
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Margaret McMillan was injured while protesting the way Women's Social and Political Union members were treated in prison through the Cat and Mouse Act.
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Margaret McMillan invited personalities like Bernard Shaw and Walter de la Mare to speak to audiences in Deptford.
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Margaret McMillan continued to run the Nursery, which she named the Rachel Margaret McMillan Open Air Nursery School after her sister.
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Steiner acknowledged the work Margaret McMillan was doing, referring to her as an educational genius in his subsequent report.
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Margaret McMillan visited Dornach in Switzerland and saw the first Waldorf school.
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Margaret McMillan remained connected with the work of Anthroposophy and assisted the growing Steiner school's movement.
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