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Women prisoners in 19th-century Ireland

Women prisoners in 19th-century Ireland

FromHistory Extra podcast


Women prisoners in 19th-century Ireland

FromHistory Extra podcast

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Apr 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Elaine Farrell shares the stories of incarcerated Irish women, from daily routines inside a convict prison to relationships with staff and contact with the outside world. She also asks what their experiences can tell us about the lives of working-class women in 19th-century Ireland more generally.  (Ad) Elaine Farrell is the author of Women, Crime and Punishment in Ireland: Life in the Nineteenth-Century Convict Prison (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Crime-Punishment-Ireland-Nineteenth-Century/dp/1108839509/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod 
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Released:
Apr 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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