Magdalen Hospital
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Catharine Macaulay | D'Eon, whom Macaulay respected, was sometimes linked with her as a fellow learned lady by those who thought him to be female. On June 6, 1771 the Public Advertiser carried a spoof report that CM |
| Textual Production | Phebe Gibbes | A work by the author of Lady Louisa Stroud (that is PG
) entitled Modern Seduction, or Innocence Betrayed purported to be a group biography of women in the Magdalen Hospital
, but is probably... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Henrietta Maria Bowdler | Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler
left her daughter Henrietta Maria her sole executor and residuary legatee. To Harriet fell, therefore, the distribution of legacies: two hundred pounds for herself, thirty for each of her siblings, a year's... |
Timeline
1749
An appeal to raise funds to institute a Magdalen Hospital
in London (for prostitutes wishing to reform) netted £5000 in a few months.
10 August 1758
The Magdalen Hospital
(for fallen women) opened in Prescot Street, London, after a considerable campaign to influence public opinion.
After April 1763
Martin Madan
published An Account of the Triumphant Death of F. S. a Converted Prostitute, who had supposedly died recently at the age of twenty-six.
1848
The Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters
arrived in Ireland, and the first Magdalene Asylums
were established.