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Elizabeth Fry's life reads like a turning point in humane care. This biography shows how her faith and courage reshaped prisons for women and children.
Elizabeth Fry: A Quaker Reformer explains how a 19th-century activist combined deep religious conviction with practical action. Set against a world of harsh punishment, it traces her growth from a shy child into a decisive advocate for reform, and it highlights the networks and travels that backed her work.
- Learn how Fry's Quaker upbringing influenced her approach to charity, education, and prison visits.
- See how she built a movement that challenged old practices and inspired reforms across countries.
- Discover the people, places, and events that shaped her campaigns for better treatment of inmates and their families.
- Understand the balance she sought between faith, duty, and practical compassion.
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Doubtless Mrs. Fry considered that she was called to perform a peculiar work. The days of Woman's Mission had not dawned then, and the vagaries, mild or otherwise, of later times had never been heard iof. Any woman who moved very perceptibly out of the ordinary ways of life laid herself open to miscon struction, accusation 'of Phariseeism, and to more or less contempt; but the bent of Elizabeth Fry's mind lay in the direction of prison-reform, and from the day that she first visited a Bridewell down to that when she last, in trembling tones, exhorted her fellow.
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Norwich was a remarkable centre of religious, social and intellectual life. The presence of officers, quartered with their troops in the city, and the balls and festivities which attended the occasional sojourn of Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, combined to made the quaint old city very gay; while the pronounced element of Quakerism and the refining influences of literary society permeated the generation of that day, and its ordinary life, to an extent not easily conceived in these days of busy locomotion and new-world travel. A round the institutions of the established Church had grown up a people loyal to it, for, as an old cathedral city, the charm of antiquity attached itself to Norwich; while Mrs.
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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. Discover the remarkable life of Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker philanthropist who transformed the lives of prisoners in the early 19th century. From her humble beginnings to her groundbreaking work in Newgate Prison, this book paints a vivid portrait of a woman whose compassion changed the landscape of prison reform forever. As a pioneer in education, rehabilitation, and spiritual counseling, Fry challenged the harsh and inhumane conditions of her time, advocating for humane treatment, healthcare, and education for even the most marginalized members of society. Through Fry's story, we gain insights into the evolving attitudes towards crime and punishment, the role of women in social reform, and the enduring power of compassion to uplift humanity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781440097621_0
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