Linda Gilbert (13 May 1847 Rochester, New York β 24 October 1895 Mount Vernon, New York) was a prison reformer. Early in life, she became interested in efforts to improve the condition of prisons and prisoners, and endeavored βto remove the conditions that produce crime, by a wholesome system of industry and culture.β She succeeded in placing in various prisons libraries of from 1,500 to 2,000 volumes each, and aggregating 30,000 volumes.
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13 May 1847
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Died |
24 October 1895 (aged 48)
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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