Elizabeth Fry and the Cold Stones of Newgate
In February 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that would change her life. Three hundred...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
In February 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that would change her life. Three hundred women and their children were crammed into two rooms. They slept on bare stone without bedding. Some had no clothing at all. The stench was unbearable. The guards warned Fry not to enter — they themselves refused to go in without armed escort.…
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