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Reclaiming Magdalenism or Washing Away Sin: Magdalen Laundries and the Rhetorics of Feminine Silence

Erin Costello WeckerBoston College, Chestnut HillCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 264-279 | Published online: 06 Feb 2015

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