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Anne Fremantle

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Born January 1, 1909
Died January 1, 2002 (93 years old)
Also known as: Anne Jackson Fremantle, Fremantle Anne
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Fremantle Prison, sometimes referred to as Fremantle Gaol or Fremantle Jail, is a former Australian prison and World Heritage Site in Fremantle, Western Australia. The site includes the prison cellblocks, gatehouse, perimeter walls, cottages, and tunnels. It was initially used for convicts transported from Britain, but was transferred to the colonial government in 1886 for use for locally-sentenced prisoners. Royal Commissions were held in 1898 and 1911, and instigated some reform to the prison system, but significant changes did not begin until the 1960s. The government department in charge of the prison underwent several reorganisations in the 1970s and 1980s, but the culture of Fremantle Prison was resistant to change.

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Age of Belief (The Great ages of Western philosophy)

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Covers the thoughts, writings, times and personalities of the medieval period, from the fifth to the fifteenth century A.D., often called the most unified and spiritually harmonious period in Western history.

Mothers

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An essay about culture and feminism argues that human culture simultaneously romaticizes and vilifies mothers, making them into a scapegoat for all failings.