June Rose

Elizabeth Fry, mother of eleven children and a Quaker minister, is seen as one of the most influential and enigmatic women in English history. Dismayed by the terrible prison conditions in the early 19th century, Fry drew the world's attention to the plight of incarcerated women, and became a living legend. This work presents her story.

Marie Stopes opened the first free birth control clinic in the British Empire and won international fame for her work. Drawing on family and personal letters and papers, a diary and Marie Stopes' unpublished novel, this book aims to throw light on the interweaving of the public and personal life of a fascinating and formidable woman.