| AdminHistory | Margaret Graham (nee Taylor), known amongst the Taylor family as Pearlie, was born in 1856, the elder sister of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury and the eldest of the Taylor family's ten children. Margaret Taylor became involved in her parents' Quaker philanthropic work at an early age. After returning home from school in Saxe-Meiningen in 1873, Margaret Taylor volunteered with the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants and was actively involved in Temperance work and Bible classes. Described by her friends as 'one to be called on in time of need', Margaret Taylor travelled with and cared for various members of her large family. In 1893 she was appointed Housekeeper at the Chalfont House Settlement working alongside Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's close friend George Newman who was Warden at the Settlement. During the same year Margaret Taylor established the Frideswide Girls' Club for working girls. She also acted as President of the Westminster Women's Adult School. In 1899 Margaret Taylor married Patrick Graham, the head of a large engineering works in Stockholm where they lived until 1910, returning to England shortly before Patrick Graham's death in 1912. After a short period engaged in philanthropic work in South Africa, Margaret Graham moved to Hampstead and became closely involved with the work of the Friends' Service Council and the Young Women's Christian Association. She died on 26th August 1943, aged 87. |