They were the forgotten women of Ireland,
kept under lock and key, forced to clean and sew, and to wash away the
sins of their previous life while never being paid a penny. Some stayed
months, others years. Some never left.
They were the inmates of Ireland’s notorious 20th century workhouses, the Magdalene Laundries. And this week, with the publication of a government report into the dark history of the laundries, the women came that much closer to obtaining justice.
http://world.time.com/2013/02/07/the-magdalene-laundries-irish-report-exposes-a-national-shame/
They were the inmates of Ireland’s notorious 20th century workhouses, the Magdalene Laundries. And this week, with the publication of a government report into the dark history of the laundries, the women came that much closer to obtaining justice.
http://world.time.com/2013/02/07/the-magdalene-laundries-irish-report-exposes-a-national-shame/