The "Magdalene Laundries" were intended to be homes for troubled girls, but ended up as dumping grounds for unwed mothers, orphans, the mentally disabled, the homeless and the unwanted. More than 11,000 women passed through ten Magdalene institutions between 1922 and 1996.
NOTE: Magdalene Societies in the United States operated asylums across the country in the 19th Century, patterned on the Irish model.
Magdalenes of Ireland
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Magdalenes, 19th Century
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Magdalen Laundry Scene. Note girl with shaved head (L). Heads were often shaved upon entry to laundry or as punishment
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Magdalenes at work
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Zainab Idris, daya daga cikin mata uku da sojojin Najeriya suka ce sun kama a Madagali bisa zargin cewa 'yan kungiyar Boko Haram ne.