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Tracing the history of four English case studies, this book explores how, from outward appearance to interior furnishings, the material worlds of reform institutions for ‘fallen’ women reflected their moral purpose and shaped the lived experience of their inmates. Variously known as asylums, refuges, magdalens, penitentiaries, Houses or Homes of Mercy, the goal of such institutions was the moral ‘rehabilitation’ of unmarried but sexually experienced ‘fallen’ women. Largely from the working-classes, such women – some of whom had been sex workers – were represented in contradictory terms. Morally tainted and a potential threat to respectable family life, they were also worthy o...
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensive index.
Ancestors of Clyde Arnold Dodge, son of Clyde Arnold Dodge,Sr. and Catherine Heddens Smith, who was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Descendants of Dr. William Irving Heddens (1828-1891) born at Preble Co., Ohio. He married (1) Katherine Adams (1831-1874); (2) Martha Drake Offutt (1836-1903), daughter of Henry Claggett Offutt and Mary Sutherland Vance.