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Christian feast day: Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
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Edith Cavell
British nurse (1865–1915)
Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Elizabeth Fry
English social reformer (1780–1845)
Elizabeth Fry, sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the treatment of prisoners, especially female inmates, and as such has been called the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Church of England
Anglican church in England
The Church of England is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It was the initial church of the Anglican tradition. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)