The Quaker Who Entered Newgate
In 1813, Elizabeth Fry walked through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that made seasoned guards look away. Three hundred...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Isaiah 42:1-9.
In 1813, Elizabeth Fry walked through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that made seasoned guards look away. Three hundred women and their children were crammed into two rooms, sleeping on bare stone, fighting over scraps of straw. The warden warned her not to enter. She went in anyway — carrying nothing but a quiet voice and a Bible.…
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