Elizabeth Fry and the Women of Newgate
In 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of Newgate Prison in London and found nearly three hundred women and children crammed into two...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 58:1-12.
In 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of Newgate Prison in London and found nearly three hundred women and children crammed into two rooms. They slept on bare stone without bedding. Children born inside the prison had never seen sunlight. The stench was so terrible that guards refused to enter. Respectable London knew about Newgate. Clergy preached within earshot of its walls.…
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