aka Elizabeth Fry, Betsy Gurney, Elizabeth Gurney, Elizabeth Gurney Fry, Mrs. Elizabeth Fry
Quaker prison reformer, philanthropist. "Angel of Prisons". Founded Association for Reformation of Female Prisoners in Newgate 1817. Drove 1823 Gaols Act - sex-segregation of prisons, female warders for female inmates. First woman to speak to parliamentary committee 1818. British Society of Ladies 1821. Depicted on £5 note 2002-2017.
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