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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 7, 2020
Elizabeth Fry Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Newtown Square, Newtown Township — Elizabeth Fry — 1780 - 1845 —  |
| In 1817, Elizabeth Fry founded the Association for the Improvement of the Female Prisoners in Newgate, a women's prison in Newgate, England. The group was formed to improve the lives of female prisoners. In 1818, Fry testified on prison . . . — — Map (db m159361) HM | |||
| 2 ► United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Lancaster — Elizabeth Fry — |
| Social reformer and Quaker Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) campaigned for better conditions in prisons. She and her husband visited Lancaster Castle in 1820 and 'expressed much satisfaction on its plan and cleanliness, order and industry, observing that . . . — — Map (db m274850) HM | |||