Elizabeth Fry
A Quaker Life
Will be published approx. on 12. July 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-0-300-16512-8 (ISBN)
Description
From her picture on the British 5 pound note to the numerous Elizabeth Fry Societies worldwide, Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) is well known for her work for prison reform. But less well known is how her Quaker faith inspired that work, leading her to see the light within the impoverished and imprisoned. With Elizabeth Fry: A Quaker Life, noted Quaker historian Gil Skidmore has brought together Fry's essential writings-some previously unpublished-from her journals,letters, and more general works. The result is a rich portrait of the struggles and anxieties behind the public persona of this "Quaker saint."
Gil Skidmore, herself a Quaker, has spent many years researching the lives and writings of the early Quakers. She is currently research collections coordinator at the the library of the University of Reading.
Gil Skidmore, herself a Quaker, has spent many years researching the lives and writings of the early Quakers. She is currently research collections coordinator at the the library of the University of Reading.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-16512-8 (9780300165128)
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Gil Skidmore has spent many years researching the lives and writings of early Quakers. Her publications include Strength in Weakness: Writings of Eighteenth-Century Quaker Women in the Sacred Literature Series (Yale University Press).