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'Who of us care to be seen assisting an old woman?': the institutional care of Ireland's elderly women, 1845 - 1908
… 7,112 elderly women who resided in Irish workhouses, charitable homes, lunatic asylums, prisons and infirmaries as some point between 1845 and 1908.<br/><br/>This ambitious study focuses primarily on gender differences, comparing and contrasting the institutional experiences of older women …