Stacey Halls: Mrs. England
If a publisher is going to send an anglophile like myself a book titled “Mrs. England,” well, I’m going to read it. I was not disappointed, and I was instantly immersed in the story of Norland nanny Ruby May, a 1904 graduate of the now famous school (the nannies trained there are hired by royal families today). In 1904 the school was new, and the idea of any training or learning about childcare was a novelty, as were the distinctive uniforms the Norland nannies wore (and still wear to this day.)