Mary Carpenter

(1807-1877)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Carpenter, Mary, 1807-1877 NRA: Carpenter, Mary (1807-1877) philanthropist and educationalist DNB: Carpenter, Mary (1807–1877), educationist and penal reformer LBT ID: MaCarpe1877 VIAF ID: 40130423 LOC ID: n50032492	B/BAP: 1807-04-03 DIED: 1877-06-14
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The daughter of the Unitarian minister Lant Carpenter (1780-1840); she was an educationist and penal reformer who published Reformatory Schools for the Children of the Perishing and Dangerous Classes (1851).
REFERENCES TO Mary Carpenter: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XIV Found 1: ¶ 23