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Profile of Elizabeth Fry, reformer of women's prisons, mental asylums, and founder of soup kitchens and homes for the homeless. ... In 1819, with her brother Joseph Gurney, Elizabeth Fry wrote a report on prison reform. In the 1820s, she inspected prison conditions, advocated reforms and established more reform...
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womenshistory.about.com/od/reformmore/p/elizabeth_fry.h...
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Elizabeth Fry began to visit the women of Newgate Prison on a regular basis. She supplied them with ... Although prison reform was her main concern she also campaigned for the homeless in London and improvements in the way patients were treated in mental asylums. Fry also promoted the reform of workhouses and hospitals.
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www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfry.htm
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfry.htm
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Annotated Bibliography of Elizabeth Fry, Reformer ... The extended 16 chapter first focuses on Elizabeth Fry's family and husband and then deals with Fry in the prison reform scene. Also discussed are fry's religious beliefs and events that occurred after her death.
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departments.kings.edu/womens_history/efry.html
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Elizabeth Fry (nee Gurney) was born in 1780 into a well-to-do Quaker family in Norwich. As a child she ... Elizabeth was the first penal reformer to devote her attention solely to the plight of imprisoned women. Her ideals for penal reform were based on the precepts of the Society of Friends (Quakers). ... Prison Overcrowding...
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www.howardleague.org/elizabethfry/
www.howardleague.org/elizabethfry/
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Prison reform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, aiming at a more effective penal system. A precise definition refers to attempts to change the penal system, typically from one mode...
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British Quaker philanthropist and one of the chief promoters of prison reform in Europe. She also helped to improve the British hospital system and the treatment of the insane.
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www.britannica.com/facts/5/217270/prison-reform-as-disc...
www.britannica.com/facts/5/217270/prison-reform-as-discussed-in-Elizabeth-Fry-British-philanthropist
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Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker who became famous for her work to reform the prison system in Britain in the early nineteenth century. By her example she inspired other women to play a fuller role in society: it was unusual for women to have a voice outside the home.
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www2.gol.com/users/quakers/fry.htm
www2.gol.com/users/quakers/fry.htm
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LETTER OF ELIZABETH FRY TO SARAH SMITH, ON PRISON REFORM. ... The Journal of the Friends Historical Society, Vol. X # 2, Fourth Month (April), 1913, pages 57-58. ... I think that I engaged to give some little hinds of my view of the state of your debt prison therefore I will endeavour to do it.
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www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qwhp/fryjfhs.htm
www.qhpress.org/quakerpages/qwhp/fryjfhs.htm
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The Graduate Workshop in Modern History and the Workshop on the Comparative History of Women, Gender and Sexuality will co-sponsoring its next meeting of the Fall 2007 semester on Friday, November 30. History graduate student Kelly Donahue will workshop ... Posted by Elizabeth Zanoni on November 29, 2007 8:46 AM | Permalink...
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