Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women by Caelainn Hogan

Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women

Caelainn Hogan

256 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 incarce...

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