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StorageSite	UCL Institute of Education
Level	File
Reference Number	IE/STU/F/5/12
Title	Blackwell, Margaret May - New Zealand (b.1908 d.1980)
Date	1936-1937
Description	Includes: University of London Institute of Education Application form, Introduction & reference letters, record of attendance. - Studied a one year advanced course in Child Development in 1936-1937 - Died in Sacramento, California ---- The Margaret May Blackwell Travel Fellowship was initiated in 1988 and is administered by NZCER on behalf of the trustees. In 2015 the administration of the funds was taken over by the Remuera Rotary Club Charitable Trust. The Margaret M Blackwell Travel Fellowship is for people working in early childhood education. The fellowship is awarded annually and is intended to enable the recipient to study overseas. Margaret May Blackwell was closely involved in the education and welfare of young children both in New Zealand and overseas. She was a Karitane nurse (specialist care for babies and young children in New Zealand). And also: - a District Commissioner in Girl Guides and student of early childhood education under Susan Isaacs. - an escort for refugee children in the Spanish Civil War - a student of early childhood at Toronto and Columbia Universities - a child psychologist at Auckland Hospital - an advocate of finger painting therapy and a participant in Lifeline and the Inter-church Counselling Centre.
Extent	1 file
AccessStatus	Open

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