Bibliograph

Do penance or perish, Magdalen asylums in Ireland, Frances Finnegan

Type

Label

Do penance or perish, Magdalen asylums in Ireland, Frances Finnegan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Do penance or perish

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

776942201

Responsibility statement

Frances Finnegan

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

Magdalen asylums in Ireland

Summary

Frances Finnegan traces the history of the Magdalen Asylums in Ireland, homes founded in the 19th century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform, but which later received unwed mothers, wayward girls & the mentally retarded, all of them put to work as forced labour in church-run laundries

Target audience

specialized

Classification