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“abandoned women and bad characters”: prostitution in nineteenth-century ireland

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Luddy, Maria
Copyright Year	1997
Description	This article examines the extent of prostitution in nineteenth-century Ireland. It centres on the problem of prostitution as one of visibility and the prostitute as a site of possible contagion, both physical and moral. The legal powers given to the police to control prostitution were used when prostitution became a particular problem and the focus of public and clerical condemnation. However, for the public prostitution was most acceptable when it was hidden from public view. Attempts to rescue and reform prostitutes came from lay and religious women in particular. The establishment of Magdalen Asylums offered the Irish public a place of confinement for their 'wayward' daughters, placing them away from the public gaze. Examining the registers of these asylums reveals that 'fallen women' were capable of using these institutions for their own ends, particularly in the nineteenth century. The decline in prostitution evident in Ireland from the 1870s owned much to the new 'morality' being imposed on the Irish people by the middle classes and the Catholic church.
Related Links	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09612029700200157?needAccess=true
Ending Page	504
Page Count	20
Starting Page	485
ISSN	09612025
e-ISSN	1747583X
DOI	10.1080/09612029700200323
Journal	Women's History Review
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	1997-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	History Abandoned Century Ireland Contagion Nineteenth Century Police Prostitution Public
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Gender Studies History

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