Elizabeth Gurney Fry (1780-1845), Quaker Prison Reformer

continue her work. Fry continued her work until her death in 1845. More than a thousand people stood in silence as she was laid to rest in a Quaker burial ground.

Some Online Resources

• What Owest Thou Unto Thy Lord? - a short sermon by Elizabeth Fry.
• Quaker Views - Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845)
• Why Mrs. Fry Willingly Went to Prison - Glimpses...from the church across the ages, Issue 90.
• ElizabethFry.net - primarily bibliographic material.
• Elizabeth Fry - Teaching History Outline from the University of St. Francis.
• Elizabeth Fry - Lesson plan for the 3rd/4th grade level.
• Friends (Quakers) and Women

Books in Print

• Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry: With Extracts from Her Journals and Letters
• The Rise of Caring Power: Elizabeth Fry and Josephine Butler in Britain and the Netherlands, by Francisca de Haan and Annemieke van Drenth
• Elizabeth Fry: Quaker Heroine, by Janet Whitney
• The Heroine of Newgate: The Story of Elizabeth Fry, by John Milsome (ages 9-12)
• Elizabeth Fry and the Forger's Daughter, by Roy Apps (ages 9-12)

Other articles about Quaker women:

• A Sincere and Constant Love (on Margaret Fell)
• Friends (Quakers) and Women

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