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Elizabeth Gurney Fry collection
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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
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Elizabeth Fry was a well-known Quaker minister and social reformer. Born in England in 1780, she was the sister of Joseph John Gurney, who led an evangelical movement in Quakerism. She married Joseph Fry and bore him seven children. In her later life, Elizabeth Fry concentrated her efforts in social service and prison reform. Newgate prison, in London, was the focus of her reform work. She died in 1845 at the age of 65.
Source of acquisition--Martha Slatten. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1968.
Source of acquisition--Kenneth W. Rendell. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1970, 1971, and 1976.
Source of acquisition--Argosy Book Store. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1959.
Source of acquisition--C. Marshall Taylor. Method of acquisition--Gift of.
Source of acquisition--Green Street Monthly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1967.
Source of acquisition--Kenneth W. Rendell. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1971.
Source of acquisition--Kingston Galleries. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1968.
Source of acquisition--Goodspeed's Book Shop. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1970.
Source of acquisition--Charles F. Jenkins. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1970.
Source of acquisition--Carnegie Book Shop. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1963.
Source of acquisition--Emma C. Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1917.
Source of acquisition--Peter Eaton, Ltd. Method of acquisition--Purchased from; Date of acquisition--1968.
Organization
Subject
- Quakers -- England
- Society of Friends -- Charities
- Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
- Prison reformers -- Great Britain -- History
- Social service -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
- Women prisoners -- Great Britain -- History
- Prisons -- England
- Asylums
- Prison reform -- Society of Friends
- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Access Restrictions
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This collection is available for research use.