Charpentier

16332 — Pioneering Leader in Girls' Education Mary Carpenter - Female Leader in Women's Education who opened "ragged schools" to give an education to the children of the poor. - Autograph Letter Signed May 25 1868 Red Lodge House 2 pages folded from a single sheet. 4"x6". To "Dear Sir." Signed at the closing "Mary Carpenter." <br/><br/>Stating in part: "I was surprised.to see the enclosed in our denominational paper which had been copied from an American paper with which came of my Brother's correspondence. He had sent to it some account of my journey so it is connected with friends of ours."<br/><br/>Mary Carpenter visited India in 1866 1868 1869 and 1875 in support of girls' and women's education. She published her first book Six Months in India in 1868 the year of this letter. Mary Carpenter was one of the foremost public speakers of her time and is best remembered for the huge contribution she made to educational and penal reform. Author of Our Convicts 1864 and Six Months in India 1868. She opened "ragged schools" to give an education to the children of the poor and introduced reformatories which took a caring and constructive stance for young offenders. Mary Carpenter also campaigned for better education for women and reforms to prisons. Following a meeting with Frederick Douglass Mary Carpenter became a fervent opposer of the slave trade particularly the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. She travelled extensively in America Europe and India where she also sought reforms similar to those she pursued in Britain. unknown books