Elizabeth Fry by June Rose
Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, mother of eleven children and Quaker minister, is today seen as one of the most influential and enigmatic women in English history. Dismayed by the terrible prison conditions in the early nineteenth century, Fry drew the world's attention to the plight of incarcerated women, and became a living legend. A symbol of saintliness and virtue, 'Betsy' Fry was described in parliament as 'the genius of good'. Yet during her lifetime this remarkable woman aroused hostility as well as admiration. Quakers found her 'worldliness' disquieting; not all of her fellow penal reformers approved of her unorthodox ways and her family felt neglected. As for Betsy herself, she was tortured throughout her life by self-doubt and anxiety and torn between the demands of her family, her religion and her own attraction to the 'high life'. June Rose's classic biography, based on Elizabeth Fry's private journals, reveals the 'saint' as she really was. She removes Fry from her pedestal and reawakens our interest in this complex, contradictory personality who defied the conventions of her age to fulfil her destiny.
June Rose is the author of several biographies, including 'Marie Stopes', the fascinating precursor of modern attitudes towards women and sex, 'Modigliani', the twentieth-century Italian painter and 'Susan Valadon: Mistress of Montmartre'. She lives in Highgate, London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752442457 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752442457 |
| Title | Elizabeth Fry |
| Author | June Rose |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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