screenshot of an article about philanthropy in Georgian Britain

A second screenshot of an article about charity in Georgian era Britain

In this article for The Tablet magazine, I looked at philanthropy, Georgian style, and how churches attempted to reform girls like Ann, a girl from my hometown who inspired my novel, The Low Road, transported to Australia in 1828. #philanthropy #CatholicHistory #ConvictAustralia #ElizabethFry

2/2 Vulnerable male prisoners (eg young prisoners) deserve support and protection. Solutions already exist, without compromising safety of women.

It feels like an ideological, unevidenced position the Scottish Govt is clinging to.

Why are we having to refight women's rights? #ElizabethFry

When thee builds a prison, thee had better build with the thought ever in thy mind that thee and thy children may occupy the cells. - Elizabeth Fry
#ElizabethFry #prisons

"Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal."

⛓️ #ElizabethFry, English prison reformer, social reformer, and Quaker Minister, #DOTD 12 October 1845. #HumanRights

Sepia photo of elderly woman with knitted white lace shawl and white Quaker bonnet. From 'Through a City Archway: The Story of Allen and Hanburys'.

Long lives fascinate. Elizabeth Sanderson Hanbury 1793-1901 saw three centuries and four monarchs - #GeorgeIII #GeorgeIV, #WilliamIV and #Victoria. Remembered as a child a 'pretty walk through the corn from Moor Fields to the village of Islington', fought #slavery worked with #ElizabethFry.

My Christmas reading, by Quaker Avril Douglas Opperman, from Dublin about the life of Elizabeth Fry, pioneering social reformer, an extraordinary woman #Quaker #ElizabethFry @daqcfriends.bsky.social #Quakers