Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women'
ISBN: 9780241984123
Author | Hogan, Caelainn |
Pub Date | 16/07/2020 |
Binding | Paperback |
Pages | 256 |
Country | GBR |
Dewey | 306.787432 |
Quick overview Until alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned to servitude. And in the mother-and-baby homes, women who had become pregnant out of wedlock were hidden from view, and in most cases their babies were adopted - sometimes illegally.