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M. E. (Mildred Emily) Bulkley

1881–1958

A social investigator and policy writer of the early 20th century, this author is best known for clear, practical work on child welfare and labor conditions. Her books reflect a strong interest in poverty, public health, and the everyday realities behind social reform.

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The Feeding of School Children

The Feeding of School Children

by M. E. (Mildred Emily) Bulkley

About the author

Mildred Emily Bulkley (1881–1958), who also published as M. E. Bulkley, was a British writer and researcher whose work focused on social policy and reform. Her best-known book, The Feeding of School Children (1914), examines school meal programs and the links between nutrition, education, and child welfare.

Evidence from editions of her books shows that she held a B.Sc. and worked with the Ratan Tata Foundation at the University of London, where she is identified as the foundation's secretary in connection with The Feeding of School Children. She also wrote The Establishment of Legal Minimum Rates in the Boxmaking Industry under the Trade Boards Act of 1909 and later published Bibliographical Survey of Contemporary Sources for the Economic and Social History of the War (1922), showing the range of her interests from labor regulation to the social impact of war.

Although detailed biographical information about her life is not easy to confirm from the sources found here, her writing suggests a careful, evidence-based approach and a strong commitment to making social problems visible in practical terms. She stands out as one of the many early 20th-century researchers whose work connected scholarship with public policy.