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* * Elizabeth Fry?(1780 - 1845) Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker (贵格会教徒, 属 于基督教派, 废除礼仪, 反对暴力和战争) who became famous for her work to reform the prison system in Britain in the early nineteenth century. By her example she inspired other women to play a fuller role in society: it was unusual for women to have a voice outside the home. It was also unusual for a Quaker to be so prominent, because at that time the Quaker movement was going through a quietist phase, and was very inward looking. In 1780 El