Homes for Fallen Women
There is plenty of background information about homes for fallen women here.
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Lucy Adderley 1874-1922 from Gnosall, Staffordshire - Illegitimacy, Infanticide, Lawbreaking, Murder, Prostitution, Homes for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 16 minute read. Please note that this story contains an account of infant death in tragic circumstances. A podcast version of this story is available above.
Eliza Florence Ashton, later Eliza Florence Ellis 1862-1917 from Hull, Yorkshire – Lawbreaking, Suicide, Refuges for Fallen Women (Essex). 6 minute read. Please note that this story contains an account of attempted suicide.
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Mary Jane Astley, later Mary Jane Dix 1873-1966 from Stafford, Staffordshire – Illegitimacy, Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 9 minute read.
Fanny Sophia Austen 1821-1904 from Ryde, Isle of Wight – No Descendants, Women at Work, Refuges for Fallen Women (Essex). 4 minute read.
Ellen/Helen Botting, later Ellen/Helen Miles 1863-1949 from Horsham, Sussex – No Descendants, Refuges for Fallen Women (Basingstoke). 3 minute read.
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Edna Jane Bo(u)lton, later Edna Jane Ball, afterwards Edna Jane Jopson, then Edna Jane McFee 1866-1935 from Fenton, Staffordshire – No Descendants, Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 6 minute read.
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Mary Ann Sanders Burgess, later Mary Ann Sanders Coombe 1864-1940 from Woodbury Salterton, Devon - Women at Work, Refuges for Fallen Women (Exeter). 6 minute read.
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Ethel Lilian May Coombe 1889-1940 from Exeter, Devon – No Descendants, Women at Work, Refuges for Fallen Women (Exeter). 6 minute read.
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Frances Amelia MacDonald 1842-1910 from West Alvington, Devon – No Descendants, Women at Work, Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 4 minute read.
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Sophia Gribble 1867-1941 from Crediton, Devon - Illegitimacy, Lawbreaking, Refuges for Fallen Women (Exeter). 2 minute read.
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Annie E Mallaby or Elizabeth Ann Mallaby, later Elizabeth Ann Harrison, 1862-1921? from Birmingham, Warwickshire - Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 3 minute read.
Edith Meacham, later Edith Bridge 1873-1955 from Tettenhall, Staffordshire – Illegitimacy, Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 3 minute read.
Bessie Noon aka Bessie Northover, later Bessie Barnett 1864-1934 from Gosport, Hampshire - Refuges for Fallen Women (Essex). 5 minute read.
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Ellen Norman, later Ellen Carter 1853-1941 from Westhall, Suffolk – Illegitimacy, Refuges for Fallen Women (Edgbaston). 3 minute read.
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Amy Gertrude Sutton, later Amy Gertrude Bayliss after wards Amy Gertrude Clay 1870-1944 from Coventry, Warwickshire - Refuges for Fallen Women (Edgbaston). 4 minute read.
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Maria Vuller 1861-1934 from Aldershot, Hampshire – Mental Health, No Descendants, Suicide, Refuges for Fallen Women (Basingstoke). 6 minute read. Please note that this story includes an account of attempted suicide.
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Mary Ann Whitbread 1880-1963 from Meridan, Warwickshire – Mental Health, Women at Work, Refuges for Fallen Women (Edgbaston). 8 minute read.
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Olive Wood 1859-? from Stafford, Staffordshire – Suicide, Refuges for Fallen Women (Staffordshire). 5 minute read. Please note that this story contains an account of suicide.
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