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Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters

  • Paperback
  • 538 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 3.1 cm

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For those inspired by historical figures and social reform

Reveals Elizabeth Fry's fight for humane prison conditions

You will be motivated to advocate for justice and compassion

This memoir chronicles the inspiring life of Elizabeth Fry, a pioneer for women's rights and prison reform.

Elizabeth Fry (n e Gurney, 1780-1845) was descended from two wealthy Quaker banking families. Her Quaker faith was crucial to her adult life and she became active in social reform. Despite having eleven children, she was active in community work, and became a Quaker minister. Persuaded to visit the women's wing in Newgate Prison in 1813, she was appalled at the conditions in which the prisoners, and their children, lived. She became a pioneer in seeking to improve the situation for women in prisons and on transportation ships. The British Ladies' Society for Promoting the Reformation of Female Prisoners was probably the first national British women's society. Fry's ideas on the humane treatment of prisoners influenced international legal systems. This memoir, based on her letters and diaries, was edited by two of her daughters, and was first published in 1847. Volume 2 covers the period from 1826 to 1845.
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters and Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and LettersMemoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters

  • Title

    Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters

  • Author

    Elizabeth Fry

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    July 2011

  • Weight

    677g

  • Page Count

    538

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781108030366

  • ISBN-10

    110803036X

  • Eden Code

    5030497