Linda Gilbert

Linda Gilbert (born May 13, 1847, probably Rochester, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 24, 1895, Mount Vernon, N.Y.) was an American welfare worker whose efforts to provide library and other services to prison inmates met with limited success. Gilbert grew up in Chicago from the age of five. In childhood her daily path to convent school took her past the Cook County Jail. She eventually developed an acquaintance with one of the prisoners and discovered from him...