Group    From 1849  To 1913

Elizabeth Fry Refuge

Categories: Social Welfare

Group

Otherwise known as the Elizabeth Fry Institute for Reformation of Women Prisoners.  JaneAusten (don't ask) gives some information; to quote: "Following {Fry's} death in 1845, a meeting chaired by the Lord Mayor of London, resolved that it would be fitting 'to found an asylum to perpetuate the memory of Mrs Fry and further the benevolent objects to which her life had been devoted.'"

Medley-Whitfield writes "The first ever-humane women refuge was opened (1849) in premises at 195 Mare Street.  The concept was a success and for sixty-four years, former female prisoners went to the Elizabeth Fry refuge for women as a stop off point for rehabilitation in between imprisonment and the ‘real world’. In 1913 the refuge moved to Islington and then again several times until it settled finally in Reading (1960)."  We understand the refuge is still operatign in Reading (2012).

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Elizabeth Fry Refuge

Commemorated ati

New Lansdowne Club

The Elizabeth Fry Refuge, 1849 -1913, to help women in need. Elizabeth Fry, 1...

Read More

Other Subjects

Mrs Mallet

Mrs Mallet

Concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mo...

Person, Gender Issues, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association

Founded by Elizabeth Finn, now called Elizabeth Finn Care.

Group, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Havelock Ellis

Havelock Ellis

Pioneer in the scientific study of sex. Physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Born 1 St John's Grove (now Rectory Grove), Croydon...

Person, Medicine, Social Welfare, Australia

1 memorial
Margaret McMillan

Margaret McMillan

Socialist propogandist and educationalist. Born at Throgg's Neck, Westchester county, New York. Both her parents were from Scotland, and the family returned there when her father died. She attended...

Person, Education, Social Welfare, Scotland, USA

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Chelsea Embankment

Chelsea Embankment

Designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Apart from providing a pleasant riverside walk, it was built with the dual purpose of providing a flood barrier and as a covering for the main low level sewer for...

Place, Architecture

2 memorials