Mother's Favorite Recipes by Lydia Maria Gurney

As one of the oldest girls in the family, Elizabeth was partly responsible for the care and education of the younger children, including her brother Joseph John Gurney, a philanthropist. Her mother died when Elizabeth was twelve years old. Her mother, Catherine, was a member of the Barclay family, who were among the founders of Barclays Bank. Her father, John Gurney, was a partner in Gurney's Bank. Her childhood family home was Earlham Hall, which is now part of the University of East Anglia. Background and early life Įlizabeth Fry was born in Gurney Court, off Magdalen Street, Norwich, into a prominent Quaker family, the Gurneys. In commemoration of her achievements she was depicted on the Bank of England £5 note, in circulation from 2002 until May 2017.

She was supported in her efforts by Queen Victoria and by Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I of Russia and was in correspondence with both, their wives and the Empress Mother. Fry kept extensive diaries, in which the need to protect female prisoners from rape and sexual exploitation is explicit.

She was instrumental in the 1823 Gaols Act which mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female inmates to protect them from sexual exploitation. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the treatment of prisoners, especially female inmates, and as such has been called the 'Angel of Prisons'.

Mother's Favorite Recipes by Lydia Maria Gurney