Elizabeth Fry

This biography of Elizabeth Fry is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners...

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Publisher: Grass Roots Press

ISBN: 9781894593892

Author	Terry Barber
Pub Date	01/09/2008

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This biography of Elizabeth Fry is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) visited Newgate prison in 1812. She was horrified by the crowded and dirty prison conditions. The women did their own cooking and washing in the small cells in which they slept. She returned the following day with food and clothes for some of the prisoners. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to make the treatment of prisoners more humane.