FRY, ELIZABETH (GURNEY)

1780–1845, English prison reformer and philanthropist. Deeply religious, she was recognized as a minister by the Society of Friends (Quakers). From 1813 she worked untiringly to improve the conditions of women in Newgate prison, advocating separation of the sexes, employment, and religious training. The success of her methods at Newgate impressed the government and were tried in other prisons. For several years she traveled throughout Europe, visiting penal institutions. Her other philanthropies included the founding of soup kitchens in London.

See her memoirs, ed. by her daughters (2 vol., rev. and enl. 1848, repr. 1972); biography by J. H. S. Kent (1963); studies by D. Johnson (1969) and J. Whitney (1937, repr. 1972).

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Elizabeth Fry: Quaker Heroine
Book by Janet Whitney; Little, Brown, and Company, 1936
Subjects: Fry, Elizabeth Gurney--1780-1845
...quinine to keep Gurney Fry a Quaker. The wedding...July 12, 1838, and Gurney brought his bride back...apprehensively. "Our dearest Gurney brought his dear wife...sweet in her manners to Gurney. Gurney at first appeared...the Scotch prisons, Elizabeth Fry records on her return...
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Joseph John Gurney: Banker, Reformer, and Quaker
Book by David E. Swift; Wesleyan University Press, 1962
Subjects: Gurney, Joseph John--1788-1847
...diary kept by her niece Elizabeth Gurney . London, 1931. Eddington Arthur J., "Elizabeth Fry: Heretic or Seer...Friend: The Story of Elizabeth Fry . London, 1953. Swift...Charles Simeon and J. J. Gurney: A Chapter in AnglicanQuaker...
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Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney: With Selections from His Journal and Correspondence - Vol. 2
Book by Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854
Subjects: Gurney, Joseph John--1788-1847
...concurrence of their friends, Joseph John Gurney, with his sister Elizabeth Fry, left London for Rotterdam, on the 31st of...accompanied by his daughter, and their niece, Elizabeth S. Gurney. The following are extracts from his letters...
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Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
Book by Elbert Hubbard; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1897
Subjects: Austen, Jane--1775-1817, Bonheur, Rosa--1822-1899, Brontee, Charlotte--1816-1855, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--1806-1861, Fry, Elizabeth Gurney--1780-1845, Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte--1648-1717, Josephine--Empress, Consort Of Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French--1763-1814, Lamb, Mary--1764-1847, Martineau, Harriet--1802-1876, Rossetti, Christina Georgina--1830-1894, Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft--1797-1851, Staeel--Madame De--(Anne-Louise-Germaine)--1766-1817
...the tolling bells of this great cathedral, aye, almost within the shadow of its turrets, was born, in 1780, Elizabeth Gurney. Her line of ancestry traced directly back to the de Gournays who came with William the Conqueror, and laid the...
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Montpelier, Jamaica: A Plantation Community in Slavery and Freedom, 1739-1912
Book by B. W. Higman, George A. Aarons, Karlis Karklins, Elizabeth J. Reitz; University of the West Indies Press, 1998
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Jamaica, Jamaica--Antiquities, Plantations--Jamaica
...Fetish Houses ; Prussin, Hatumere , pp. 236-43; Drew and Fry, Village Housing in the Tropics , p. 101; Hodges, "Lime...Jamaicas Settlement Vegetation," pp. 17-23. 16. Joseph John Gurney, A Winter in the West Indies 1840 , p. 140. 17. John Stewart...
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Women in Corrections: Elizabeth Gurney Fry
Journal article by Russell L. Craig; Journal of Correctional Education, Vol. 57, 2006
Subjects: American history, Medical treatment, Personal profiles, Prisoners, Prisons, Rehabilitation of criminals
Women in Corrections: Elizabeth Gurney Fry by Russell L. Craig Born on...family in Norwich, England, Elizabeth Curney was the third of twelve...reforms. On October 13,1845, Elizabeth Gurney Fry died of a stroke at the age of...
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Twixt Candle and Lamp: the Contribution of Elizabeth Fry and the Institution of Nursing Sisters to Nursing Reform
Journal article by R. G. Huntsman, Mary Bruin, Deborah Holttum; Medical History, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Elizabeth Fry
...Contribution of Elizabeth Fry and the Institution...it described Elizabeth Fry as "the founder...years later, Elizabeth Frys contribution...children of John Gurney, a Norfolk banker...governors. Mrs Fry remained president...law Mrs Samuel Gurney, her daughters...in hospitals, Elizabeth Frys decision...
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Rethinking Prison Sex: Self-Expression and Safety
Journal article by Brenda V. Smith; Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 15, 2006
Subjects: Cruel and unusual punishment--Laws, regulations and rules, Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003, Prisoners--Crimes against, Rape--Laws, regulations and rules, United States Constitution--U.S. Const. amend. 8
...conditions of prisons and the treatment of women in them, Elizabeth Gurney Fry, an early English reformer, began visiting women...both for men and for women. The reformist ideas of Elizabeth Fry soon gained ground in the United States. (62...
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Amelia Opie's 'Adeline Mowbray': Diverting the Libertine Gaze; or, the Vindication of a Fallen Woman
Journal article by Roxanne Eberle; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 26, 1994
Subjects: English literature, 1700-1775 (Early 18th century)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Opie, Amelia--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Romanticism--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Social aspects
...William Godwin, Holcroft, and Elizabeth Inchbald, and later Mary Wollstonecraft...of their circle, including Elizabeth Inchbald, due to the necessary...acquaintance of the prominent Quakers Elizabeth Fry and John Joseph Gurney, would have been aware of...
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"Dauntless Faith": Contemplative Sublimity and Social Action in Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck's Aesthetics
Journal article by Natasha Duquette; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 55, 2006
Subjects: Aesthetics--Criticism and interpretation, Faith--Portrayals, Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne--Criticism and interpretation, Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne--Works, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Works
...such Elizabeth Fry, who typify...Catherine Gurney. Schimmelpennincks...294). Elizabeth and Catherine...Mary Anne, Elizabeth went on to actively...effect on the Gurney sisters. Elizabeth Frys name has...this hope that Fry created her...
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magazine articles on: Fry Elizabeth (Gurney)  - 6 results

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Can Gurney and Simpson Save Civilization? Maybe Not, but for the Playwright/director Team, Putting Politics on Stage Is a Start
Magazine article by Laura Collins-Hughes; American Theatre, Vol. 23, December 2006
Subjects: Artistic directors, Dramatists, Gurney, A.R., Playwrights, Simpson, Jim
...fallen men, impressed Gurney, as did the simple direction...Finley, Len Jenkin and Elizabeth Swados have done some...might seem an odd fit for Gurney, who is so ultra-establishment...to have bigger fish to fry. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...mirror up to nature, (to Gurney) or something like that...
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The "Agency of Women" - Women and ACA
Magazine article by Joann B. Morton; Corrections Today, Vol. 57, August 1995
Subjects: American Correctional Association--History, Prison reformers--Attitudes
...adhered to the Declaration of Principles in all of its activities. Women and Reform, 1870-1939 Beginning with Elizabeth Gurney Fry, an English Quaker who, in the early 1800s, established a program in London of lay visitors who aided and comforted...
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February on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 19, February 2002
Subjects: Theater--Information services
...0681, comnet.org/Pnetwork Elizabeth Rex, Timothy Findley; dir...Feb 3. Buffalo Gal, A. R. Gurney; dir: John Tillinger. Thru...Three Sisters, Chekhov; dir: Elizabeth Craven. Feb 28-Mar16. PLAYHOUSE...the Moon, adapt Christopher Fry from Jean Anouilh. Feb 8...
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July/August on Stage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 20, July 2003
...adapt: Michael Roddy and Maria Elizabeth Malagamba Robby from Victor...Farber; revised book: Stephen Fry and Mike Ockrent; music...Stage: Big Bill, A.R. Gurney. Jul 2-13. Mother of Invention...Measure, Shakespeare; dir: Elizabeth Huddle. Thru Aug 30 (in rep...
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Season Preview 2004-05: A Comprehensive Listing of Productions, Dates and Directors at TCG Theatres Nationwide
Magazine article by Benjamin W. Sampson; American Theatre, Vol. 21, October 2004
Subjects: Theater--Calendars
...10. Emma, adapt: Michael Fry from Jane Austen; dir: Jeffrey...adapt: Matthew Barber from Elizabeth von Arnim; dir: John McCluggage...adapt: Matthew Barber from Elizabeth von Arnim; dir: Dennis Jones...The Fourth Wall, A.R. Gurney; dir: Susan V. Booth. Oct...
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How I Uncovered My Extraordinary Connection with the Pounds 5 Note; Jo Ind Traces Her Family Tree and Discovers She Is the Great-Great-Great- Greatgranddaughter of the Prison Reformer Elizabeth Fry
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 28, 2009
Subjects: Prisons--Personal narratives
...the Prison Reformer Elizabeth Fry. Byline: Jo Ind I am embarrassed...grandmother is none other than Elizabeth Fry, yes - she who is on the...had not been mentioned since. Elizabeth Fry was born Elizabeth Gurney. She married into the chocolate...
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Honor Roll
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 20, 2009
...Marisa Groch, Emily Gurney, Elizabeth Inglisa, Bailey...Wallenberger, Elizabeth Ware, Dellasondra...Brandon Delgado, Elizabeth Delgado, Olivia...Frederiksen, Alyssa Fry, Rachel Gallagher...Gudvangen, Haley Gurney, Morgan Hager...
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Honor Roll
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 15, 2009
...Emily Fohr, Alyssa Fry, Rachel Gallagher...Connor Conzelman, Elizabeth Corbo, Yadira Cruz...Hansen, Brooke Hayes, Elizabeth-Helen Jozwiak, Joseph...Fahey, Eric Faler, Elizabeth Field, Edwin Filar...Claire Grashorn, Haley Gurney, Morgan Hager, Matthew...
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Honor Rolls
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 31, 2010
...Bridget Wallenberger, Elizabeth Ware, Ryan Wenninger...Torre, Brandon Delgado, Elizabeth Delgado, Alexandra Dispensa...Emily Fohr, Alyssa Fry, Rachel Gallagher...Johnson, Emily Jorgenson, Elizabeth-Helen Jozwiak, Madison...Ryan Gross, Abigail Gurney, Katlynn Hardesty...
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Cardiff University
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 15, 2009
Subjects: Geology, Oceanography, Universities and colleges
...Causer Robyn Collier Anita Elizabeth Cottrell Owain Mark Davies...John Francis Leah May Fry Thomas William Price...Amin Haji Idris Faye Elizabeth Hopcroft Philip Horsfall...Amy Davies Catherine Elizabeth Docherty Emma Duester...Greenough Hannah Louise Gurney Laura Haigh Sina Haj...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fry Elizabeth (Gurney)  - 2 results

 
 
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Fry, Elizabeth (Gurney)
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRY, ELIZABETH (GURNEY) 1780 1845, English prison reformer and philanthropist. Deeply religious, she was recognized as a minister by the Society of...
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Friends, Religious Society Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Whittier . The Friends worked for prison reform (e.g., Elizabeth Fry ), for improvement in insane asylums, for mitigation...soundness of doctrine. At the same time, under Joseph J. Gurney, there was an evangelical revival among Friends in the...


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