02495nam 2200577 450 991078535620332120230207213844.01-282-87152-897866128715281-4411-1532-3(CKB)2670000000055895(EBL)601791(OCoLC)676700702(SSID)ssj0000417355(PQKBManifestationID)11297649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417355(PQKBWorkID)10361985(PQKB)10727624(MiAaPQ)EBC3003063(MiAaPQ)EBC5309564(MiAaPQ)EBC601791(MiAaPQ)EBC4948146(Au-PeEL)EBL601791(EXLCZ)99267000000005589520180315h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe excellent Mrs. Fry unlikely heroine /Anne IsbaLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2010.©20101 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84725-039-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE: AN UNLIKELY HEROINE; PART TWO: THE NEWGATE EXPERIMENT; PART THREE: SPREADING THE WORD; PART FOUR: THE FINAL YEARS; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; IndexElizabeth Fry, the great Quaker prison reformer of the nineteenth century, was just thirty two years old when she first entered the notorious women's gaol at Newgate. She was the mother of eight children and would go on to have three more. Yet, despite the demands of family, she would devote the rest of her life - over three more decades - to the welfare of female prisoners and convicts bound for Australia. When her efforts at last helped achieve changes to British law, Fry turned her attention to winning the hearts and minds of the great and good on continental Europe. She treated all people Prison reformersGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainSocial conditions19th centuryPrison reformers365.7092Isba Anne1516830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785356203321The excellent Mrs. Fry3753531UNINA