{"product_id":"memoir-of-the-life-of-elizabeth-fry-with-extracts-from-her-journal-and-letters-paperback-9781108030366","title":"Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry; With Extracts from Her Journal and Letters (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108030366","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Extracts from Her Journal and Letters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis memoir of philanthropist, prison reformer and Quaker Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845) was published by her daughters in 1847.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Fry (Author), Katharine Fry (Edited by), Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108030366, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 July 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eElizabeth 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e14. 1826–1827. Ladies' prison meeting\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1827–1829. Illness of her sister Rachel Gurney, gradual decline and death\u003cbr\u003e 16. 1829–1830. Foreign correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1831–1833. Journey to Lynn\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1833–1834. Sojourn in Jersey\u003cbr\u003e 19. 1834–1836. Death of the Duke of Gloucester\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1837–1838. Earlham\u003cbr\u003e 21. 1839. Sale at Crosby Hall for the Ladies' British Society\u003cbr\u003e 22. 1840–1841. Audience of the Queen\u003cbr\u003e 23. 1841–1842. Letter to Colonel Jebb\u003cbr\u003e 24. 1842–1844. Death of a grandaughter\u003cbr\u003e 25. 1844–1845. Return from Walmer.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266022363416,"sku":"9781108030366","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108030366i.jpg?v=1694873604","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoir-of-the-life-of-elizabeth-fry-with-extracts-from-her-journal-and-letters-paperback-9781108030366","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}