thumb|Christ and the woman taken in adultery by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Pinakothek upright=1.35|thumb|Magdalene laundries were institutions that existed from the 18th to the late 20th centuries, throughout Europe and North America, where "fallen women", including unmarried mothers, were detained. Photo: Magdalene laundry in Ireland, ca. early 20th century.Figure 9, Frances Finnegan, Do Penance or Perish, Congrave Press, 2001.
thumb|Chri,st and the woman taken in adultery by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Pinakothek upright=1.35|thumb|Magdalene laundries were institutions that existed from the 18th to the late 20th centuries, throughout Europe and North America, where "fallen women", including unmarried mothers, were detained. Photo: Magdalene laundry in Ireland, ca. early 20th cen.tury.Figure 9, Frances Finnegan, Do Penance or Perish, Congrave Press, 2001.