{"id":5759,"date":"2014-08-18T00:52:01","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T05:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2014-08-16T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T22:12:10","slug":"mrs-elizabeth-fry-quaker-changed-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/interesting-history\/mrs-elizabeth-fry-quaker-changed-lives","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, A Quaker Who Changed Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fry-at-Newgate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5764\" src=\"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fry-at-Newgate.png\" alt=\"Elizabeth Fry\" width=\"346\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fry-at-Newgate.png 346w, https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fry-at-Newgate-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMy upcoming book, <em>Honor,<\/em> features a Quaker heroine of that name who is fired with a desire to benefit the lives of others. She was not alone in her time.<\/p>\n<p>Quakers are not as unusual or distinctive now as they were in the 18th and 19th centuries. Then the Quakers were at the forefront of social reforms that most of us take for granted now. Elizabeth Fry made a difference in the lives of thousands. Here is a video that introduces her and her Quaker faith.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YoVZX8furok?rel=0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about Elizabeth Fry and her faith, click<a href=\"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/women-who-changed-the-world\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Fry&#8217;s memory was honored in 2005 by her being depicted on the British five pound note.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5-lb-note.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5765\" src=\"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5-lb-note.png\" alt=\"5 lb note\" width=\"460\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5-lb-note.png 460w, https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5-lb-note-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quakerinfo.com\/fry.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">source of information<\/a> on the life of Elizabeth Fry.<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to be remembered for? And what do you think others said about Mrs. Fry going to prisons instead of staying home and tending to her family?&#8211;Lyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My upcoming book, Honor, features a Quaker heroine of that name who is fired with a desire to benefit the lives of others. She was not alone in her time. Quakers are not as unusual or distinctive now as they <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/interesting-history\/mrs-elizabeth-fry-quaker-changed-lives\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[634,702],"tags":[637,871],"class_list":["post-5759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting-history","category-quakers","tag-abolition","tag-social-reformers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, A Quaker Who Changed Lives  - booksbylyncote.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, Quaker, abolitionist, Newgate Prison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/interesting-history\/mrs-elizabeth-fry-quaker-changed-lives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, A Quaker Who Changed Lives  - booksbylyncote.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My upcoming book, Honor features a Quaker heroine. 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