Magdalen Women (c. 1820s–early 1970s)
Magdalen Women (c. 1820s–early 1970s)
Irish women.
In Ireland, Magdalen women, so called in reference to Mary Magdalene, were thousands of unwed mothers, orphans, and ex-prostitutes, who were confined to convents, where they worked as unpaid launderers until their deaths, when they were buried in unmarked graves on convent grounds.
See also Women in World History.
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