Major General Sir Robert Mccarrison (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Key Features of the February 1937 Issue • Focus on Women Contributors: This special issue was unique for its high proportion of prominent female political and social figures writing on public health. • Eleanor Rathbone's Involvement: A primary contributor to the issue was Eleanor Rathbone, an independent Member of Parliament (MP) and a fierce campaigner for family allowances. She used platforms like The Highway to argue that malnutrition in Great Britain was fundamentally an economic problem tied to inadequate household wages and poverty. • Impact: The issue contributed directly to the political pressure that eventually forced the British government to expand nutrition initiatives, such as subsidised school milk and meals, and heavily informed the debates around the 1937 Factories Bill and Ministry of Health plans. (SL#12519).…