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Fry, Elizabeth

 
9781108030366: Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, Volume 2: With Extracts from Her Letters and Journal
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ISBN 10 : 110803036X ISBN 13 : 9781108030366
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This memoir of philanthropist, prison reformer and Quaker Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845) was published by her daughters in 1847.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Elizabeth Fry (née 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.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
110803036X
ISBN 13 
9781108030366
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
538
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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