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I think this article needs content describing Magdalene asylums generally, or in other words--a description of the institution describing the cause or conditions that can foster this abuse.

Gratitude girls

I heard the women who worked in a magdalene laundry referred to as "gratitude girls" on Australian TV (on a show set in the 1920s). Is this an Australian euphemism or a general term? -- Beland (talk) 23:27, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Never heard it used in relation to the Irish laundries, Beland, so may be just an Australian thing? Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 22:07, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, looking back on the script it appears that was a fictional program at a fictional laundry. -- Beland (talk) 08:08, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reorganize chronologically

The article suggests the first 18th-century institutions were started by what sound like Anglican (Protestant) institutions in England, Wales and Ireland (Church of Ireland is Anglican, not Catholic.) I had thought the laundries were based in Catholic institutions, because they had more of them. This should be organized historically first, then by country. It is clear that Great Britain led the establishment of such institutions, although the movement to help fallen women, at a time of social change with industrialization and urbanization, spread to other English-speaking countries. Thus it does not make sense to discuss Australia before UK. Catholic orders operated many of the laundries in Ireland and the US, which seemed to persist longer than Protestant ones. Parkwells (talk) 19:35, 29 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notable “alumni”

Apart from Sinead O Connor (as is referenced in her own wiki article)— are there any another notable people who once spent time in this ‘system’? Genetikbliss (talk) 21:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article should include this NYT summary paragraph

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/europe/magdalene-laundry-reunion-ireland.html

Orders of Roman Catholic nuns ran the laundries for profit, and women and girls were put to work there, supposedly as a form of penance. The laundries were filled not only with “fallen women” — prostitutes, women who became pregnant out of marriage or as a result of sexual abuse and those who simply failed to conform — but also orphans and deserted or abused children.]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajaxocdncntx (talk • contribs) 22:13, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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It has been proposed in this section that Magdalene asylum be renamed and moved to Magdelene laundry.

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Magdalene asylum → Magdelene laundry – WP:COMMONNAME GnocchiFan (talk) 20:12, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would certainly be consistent with Magdalene Laundries in Ireland. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:22, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. The aspect of their being "laundries" is probably historically the best known. BD2412 T 20:37, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]