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fandomhigh2022-08-01 10:13 am
intheeyeofthebeholding) wrote in fandomhigh2022-08-01 10:13 am
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British History, Monday
Jon was in front of the class today, his hair tightly slicked back, his shirt and trousers crisp, and his spine as straight as he could stand. His demeanour was just as stiff.
"Today we're talking about Elizabeth Fry. She lived in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and was known as "the angel of prisons". She was a prison reformer, social reformer, abolitionist, and philanthropist.
"She was a Quaker minister, she advocated for and helped distribute smallpox vaccines in the villages around where she lived, and later in life founded a school for nurses where they were taught the radical notion that the poor should be treated as well as the rich.
"One of the things she was mainly known for, however, was prison reform. She visited Newgate Prison and discovered appalling conditions, then worked to get them improved. She consulted with both prison authorities and the prisoners themselves, who came to respect her. She introduced a system of classification of prisoners, helped to get women and men incarcerated separately, and got them new clothing, education, and paid employment, with the idea of reforming rather than punishing. Her testament to the House of Commons also helped to get measures passed that instituted female wardens to guard female prisoners, did away with iron manacles, and abolished the death penalty for 130 crimes.
"She continued her work to also improve conditions on prison ships, and she opened a homeless shelter and provided help for the poor. She also, as did many Quakers, opposed slavery and campaigned for its abolition. All in all, she was remarkably influential and helpful and did quite a bit of good in her lifetime and after."
He nodded curtly. "Any questions?"
"Today we're talking about Elizabeth Fry. She lived in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and was known as "the angel of prisons". She was a prison reformer, social reformer, abolitionist, and philanthropist.
"She was a Quaker minister, she advocated for and helped distribute smallpox vaccines in the villages around where she lived, and later in life founded a school for nurses where they were taught the radical notion that the poor should be treated as well as the rich.
"One of the things she was mainly known for, however, was prison reform. She visited Newgate Prison and discovered appalling conditions, then worked to get them improved. She consulted with both prison authorities and the prisoners themselves, who came to respect her. She introduced a system of classification of prisoners, helped to get women and men incarcerated separately, and got them new clothing, education, and paid employment, with the idea of reforming rather than punishing. Her testament to the House of Commons also helped to get measures passed that instituted female wardens to guard female prisoners, did away with iron manacles, and abolished the death penalty for 130 crimes.
"She continued her work to also improve conditions on prison ships, and she opened a homeless shelter and provided help for the poor. She also, as did many Quakers, opposed slavery and campaigned for its abolition. All in all, she was remarkably influential and helpful and did quite a bit of good in her lifetime and after."
He nodded curtly. "Any questions?"
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