Talk:Elizabeth Fry

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[edit] Removed sections during edits

During my edit recently, I removed the following block of text. They are included here incase someone wants to replace it.

From Fry's prison work:

Two women, Charlotte Newman and Mary Ann James, were sentenced to death for forgery in 1818. Fry tried unsuccessfully to get a reprieve for them. A month later she and Gurney visited the Home Secretary, Lord Sidmouth, to plead the case of a prisoner named Harriet Skelton. Apparently, Skelton had been pressured by her husband into passing forged bank notes. Lord Sidmouth was unsympathetic.

--Ahc 01:56, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] born versus née

Just wondering why it says nee instead of born? this is an english page and not a french page after all..........

née is perfectly acceptable English (which a quite omnivorous as far as other languages) and refers to the specific case of a woman's family name changing due to marriage and only needs to mention the original family name. 'Born' would require a full name and would include name changes for reasons other than marriage. That at least is my take.--Erp 00:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

What Erp said. Just check a dictionary or the wedding announcements in the newspaper. Logophile 12:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)