Skene, Felicia

Erskine Moir was the pseudonym of Felicia Skene (1821 - 1899), a Scottish writer and philanthropist and one of the leading prison reformers of Victorian era. She wrote many essays and novels but is best known for her pamphlet Penitentiaries and Reformatories (1865), in which she contemplates women's prison reform. Skene was a friend of Florence Nightingale's. She also wrote The Lesters (1847) and The Divine Master (1852). ;

Prominent Scottish essayist, novelist and philanthropist. Skene’s major works include “The Lesters”, “Wayfaring Sketches”, “The Inheritance of Evil” and “The Divine Master”.;