Politics of Penal Reform

Anne Logan is Senior Lecturer in Social History at the University of Kent, UK.

• Preface, Frances Crook, Introduction, Part I: Becoming Miss Fry. 1. A Quaker Daughter, 2. A University Woman, 3. Women’s Suffrage and War Relief, Part II: ‘Woman Champion of the Underdog’. 4. The Creation of the Howard League, 5. Pressure Behind the Scenes, 6. Popularizing Penal Reform, 7. Promoting Criminology, Conclusion

"This book restores Margery Fry to her rightful place in the history of penal reform – a history in which, because she was a woman and had to operate at the margins of power, her role has been marginalized and largely forgotten. In so doing, the book demonstrates the importance of gender to understanding the way that women (and men) have lived and worked, the choices they made, and also the way they have been treated by history."- Professor Rosemary Auchmuty FRSA, School of Law, University of Reading"In this fascinating biography of Margery Fry, Anne Logan restores her to her rightful place as a highly effective and historically significant penal reformer and a pioneer of British criminology. More than this, her huge contributions to public life included her work in higher education and education policy, her feminism, her unparalleled networking and lobbying skills and her pivotal role in the development of the Howard League as the foremost penal reform organisation in England and Wales. Logan places Fry within the context of her family and class background, as well as in relation to women's history."- Dr Lizzie Seal, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex