Amelia’s plea of insanity was rejected by the court and she was hanged at Newgate Prison on 10 June 1896. Marriage for working-class women was an economic necessity in 19th-century Britain ...

Mary Anne McCracken had frequently argued for improvements in women’s lives. In the second half of the 19th century ... and went to prison. From the start of the 20th century to the beginning ...

Prison reform and the penitentiary itself had become deeply woven into the national fabric. The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of ...