Quakerism

All about Quakerism and how Isaac T. Hopper was as a Hopper 

Poverty and Prison

How 19th Century Prisons Operated as Wastebaskets for the Poor and Vulnerable

Haunted Convicts

Incarceration of African Americans in Northern Prisons in the Antebellum Era

The Home

A Deeper Look Into the Women's Prison Association

The Wrath of the Cat

Punishment in Sing Sing (1846-1852) and the Prison Association’s Stalled Attempts at Documenting Abuse

The Magdalen Society of Philadelphia

The Magdalen Society was one of the first organizations dedicated to helping "fallen women." The Society eventually founded the Magdalen Asylum, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.