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Until the early sixties, hundreds of unmarried pregnant women were signed into Ireland's Magdalen Laundry by their families. Run by the Sisters of Mercy, the women of the laundry endured backbreaking work and grim living conditions, on top of the shame of an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. In this program, women who lived at the Magdalen Laundry and residents of the town of Galway, where the laundry was located, speak of the mournful legacy the laundry has left.
Links:
The Magdalen Laundries Tribune Page
The Magdalen Laundries
Ireland's [Catholic] Dirty Linen
Ireland.com
Where were the man when women were incarcerated
www.Ireland.com
A Woman's Place
My nightmare life in an orphanage
Books:
Autobiography of a Magdalen
Staff L.C.W.
Transformed by Love: The Way of Mary Magdalen
Margaret Magdelen Jean Vanier
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