Origins of the Magdalene Laundries: An Analytical History by Rebecca Lea Mccarthy

Origins of the Magdalene Laundries: An Analytical History

Rebecca Lea Mccarthy

261 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly...

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