Ryder, Edward. Elizabeth Fry: Life and Labors of the Eminent Philanthropist, Preacher, and Prison Reformer; Compiled from her Journal and other Sources. New York: E. Walker's Son, for the Author, 1884. Third Edition. [10480]
Remarkably clean and attractive binding, russet pebble cloth with blind borders, gilt device to front, gilt titles to spine, 9 x 6 inches, beveled edges. Peach end papers. Steel-engraved portrait of Fry by the Homer Lee Bank Note Co., N. Y., with tissue guard, foxing to top margin with some offsetting to the tissue guard and title page. 389 otherwise clean pp., tight. Very good. Hardcover.
Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), English Quaker, philanthropist and reformer. She was one of the chief advocates for prison reform in Europe and helped improve the British hospital system and treatment of the insane.
"Unwearyingly attending to the poor, she was acknowledges as a 'minister' by the Society of Friends (1811) and later traveled in Scotland, northern England, Ireland, and much of Europe. There she inspected prisons and wrote reports. Her recommendations for Newgate Prison, for instance, included separation of the sexes, classification of criminals, female supervision for women, adequate provision for religious and secular instruction, and useful employment. Even in her lifetime her suggestions were increasingly acted upon throughout most of Europe." - Encyclopedia Britannica, online.
