ABSTRACT
Margery Fry would become a regular visitor to the League of Nations' headquarters in Geneva to lobby on behalf of the Howard League's campaign for international agreement on minimum standards in the treatment of prisoners. Women Justice of the Peace's conference had been organized and Margery was anticipating that Cecil Leeson would take over as secretary of the new body, leaving her with more time to run the Howard League. Much of what Margery did as a magistrate and for the Howard League could be described as 'hands on'. By 1918, Margery had found a job that would retain her interest and in which her campaigning skills and political instincts would prove useful: honorary secretary of the Penal Reform League. Margery's citation included 'secretary of the Penal Reform League' and 'member of the University Grants Committee', two roles which she had only very recently assumed.
