Miscellaneous
How is shame felt? And how was is used within Ireland's Magdalene Laundries? Why is it important to understand the role of shame in our society, as historians and informed citizens of the world? These questions are briefly explored by show host Autumn Guillotte in this special episode of Working Girls History. For your reading: - Fischer, Clara. "Gender, nation, and the politics of shame: Magdalen laundries and the institutionalization of feminine transgression in modern Ireland." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 41, no. 4 (2016): 821-843. - Hogan, Caelainn. Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women'. Penguin Ireland, 2019. - Earner-Byrne, Lindsey and Diane Urquhart. Irish Abortion Journey, 1920-2018. Cham: Palgrave Macmillian, 2019. Photo credit: Scanned by Eloquence* from Finnegan, F.: Do Penance or Perish. A Study of Magdalen Asylums in Ireland. Congrave Press, Ireland, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny (2001). Unidentified Magdalen Laundry in Ireland, c. early 20th century. Copyright: Public Domain. Intro Music Credit: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/