While it is Yet Day

A Biography of Elizabeth Fry

By: Averil Douglas Opperman

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Hardcover | 8 January 2015

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336 Pages

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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.

Industry Reviews

"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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