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While it is Yet Day: A Biography of Elizabeth Fry
Averil Douglas Opperman
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Description for While it is Yet Day: A Biography of Elizabeth Fry
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orphans Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Leominster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903360149
SKU
V9781903360149
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Ref
99-4
About Averil Douglas Opperman
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, ... Read more
Reviews for While it is Yet Day: A Biography of Elizabeth Fry
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).