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Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry Elizabeth Fry

Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry By Elizabeth Fry

Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry by Elizabeth Fry


Summary

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was a prominent Quaker and social reformer, particularly remembered for her work to reform prison conditions. This memoir, based on her letters and diaries, was edited by two of her daughters, and was first published in 1847. Volume 1 ends in 1825.

Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry Summary

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

Elizabeth Fry (nee 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 1 ends in 1825.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. 1780-1792. Birth; 2. 1792-1798. Sketch of female society; 3. 1798. Visit to London, gaiety there; 4. 1798-1800. Return to Earlham; 5. 1800-1809. Marriage; 6. 1809-1812. Removal to Plashet, enjoyment of the country; 7. 1811-1814. Journey with Henry Hall and her sister, Priscilla Gurney; 8. 1813-1817. Letter to the Rev. Edward Edwards; 9. 1817-1818. Extract from Crabbe's Poems; 10. 1818. Return to Plashet; 11. 1819-1821. Takes her sons to school; 12. 1821-1823. Marriage of one of her daughters; 13. 1824-1825. Journey to Worcester.

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NLS9781108030359
9781108030359
1108030351
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters by Elizabeth Fry
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Cambridge University Press
2011-07-07
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