Felicia Skene

Felicia Mary Frances Skene (1821–1899) was a Scottish author, philanthropist and prison reformer in the Victorian era.

Felicia Skene's works include:

* "The Isles of Greece and Other Poems" (1843)
* "The Lesters" (1847)
* "Wayfaring Sketches" (1847)
* "The Inheritance of Evil: Or, the Consequence of Marrying a Deceased Wife's Sister" (1849)
* "The Tutor's Ward" (1851) — in two volumes
* "The Divine Master" (1852)
* "Penitentiaries and Reformatories" (1865)
* "The Shadow of the Holy Week" (1883)
* "Scenes from a Silent World: Or Prisons and their Inmates" (1889)
* "A Test of the Truth" (1897)

Skene used the pseudonym Erskine Moir. She was a friend of Florence Nightingale (1820–1910).

There is a blue plaque for Felicia Skene, installed on 2 July 2002 by the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, located at 34 St Michael's Street in central Oxford, England.

External links

* [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025666/ Entry] in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
* [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Skene%2C%20Felicia Online Books by Felicia Skene]
* [http://classiclit.about.com/od/skenefelicia/Skene_Felicia.htm Skene, Felicia] information from About.com