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Technology: A ‘bad’ woman’s best friend?

Technology: A ‘bad’ woman’s best friend?

In Do Penance or Perish: A Study of Magdalene Asylums in Ireland, first published in 2001, historian Frances Finnegan acknowledged the critical role of technology in the demise of Ireland’s institutions for ‘fallen women’ saying, “Possibly the advent of the washing machine has been as instrumental in closing these laundries as have changing attitudes.” Ireland’s […]

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