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Elizabeth Fry was one of the nineteenth century’s most extraordinary women. Born the daughter of a Quaker banker, she was eighteen when she commandeered a laundry room to begin her own school. At twenty, she wed Joseph Fry and, over their marriage, they had eleven children. But a charitable visit to Newgate Prison would change the course of her life, and of history, forever. Unable to ignore the plight of the female convicts before her, she determined to do everything in her power to right the injustices they faced… By her death, Elizabeth was famous amongst royalty, parliament and women on the street alike; respected by Queen Victoria; supporter to William Wilberforce; and influence on Florence Nightingale. This biography, told with verve and pace, and interwoven with extracts from Elizabeth’s private diaries, will inspire and move you with the turn of a page.

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A perfect gem of a biography. (Daily Mail). A thought-provoking and beautifully written book. (The Lady). Fascinating and inspirational. (Lancashire Evening Post). Readers cannot fail to be inspired by Mrs Fry. (Anne O'Brien). Lively and engaging. (Artemis Cooper). Engrossing. (Kate Beaufoy).

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Averil Douglas Opperman grew up in Dublin in a Quaker family and started her career as a journalist at the Irish Times. Since then she has travelled extensively, reporting on everything from parliament to equestrian events for newspapers, magazines and Ireland’s radio station, RTE. Averil’s childhood fascination with Elizabeth Fry stemmed from a biography by Janet Whitney, penned in the 1930s. Both Elizabeth Fry and Janet Whitney’s biography of her have been long forgotten. With this book, Averil has adapted Whitney’s original work to bring this incredible story to a twenty-first century readership.

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