Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, she founded a ragged school and reformatories, bringing previously unavailable educational opportunities to poor children and young offenders in Bristol.

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Occupation: writer, philanthropist, teacher, public figure
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: April 3, 1807
Died: June 14, 1877

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by From a photograph, by C. Vass Bark, in the possession of Professor J. E. Carpenter via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Mary Carpenter

English educationist and social reformer (1807–1877)

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