| Evidence: | School for female prisoners at Holloway:
'On a subsequent day we visited the class with the matron, which was then engaged with the Bible lesson. Most of the prisoners read very fluently and correctly, and conducted themselves with great propriety of demeanour.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1862 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Holloway Prison other location: schoolroom |
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| Reading Group: | female prisoners at Holloway |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | prisoners |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
teacher and other female prisoners |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | [n/a] |
| Title: | [Bible] |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 12440 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Henry Mayhew | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Criminal Prisons of London | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1862 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 582 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Henry Mayhew, The Criminal Prisons of London (London, 1862), p. 582, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12440, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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