tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post3249608951997816198..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Disease, morals and “the social evil”: a brief look at Auckland’s Lock Hospital (1883-1886)Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-7013229947013694802019-03-03T14:14:29.314+13:002019-03-03T14:14:29.314+13:00I wrote about the Lock Hospitals in my draft of a ...I wrote about the Lock Hospitals in my draft of a novel for an MA in Creative Writing in 2003. I had read about the committals in England where one poor woman committed suicide after being confined and examined against her will. She had been coming home in the dark from work in a factory. I have no doubt that the Police and Doctors enjoyed the control they had over women - an extension of the Saige Vendome Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565165372046718458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-61080185113258734892009-06-28T11:35:40.562+12:002009-06-28T11:35:40.562+12:00Hard to tell at this stage, but I suspect you'...Hard to tell at this stage, but I suspect you're right, Marita. I really do need to go trawling through the entire period, from 1881 to early 1887, it's important to do that.<br /><br />What gets me is that prostitution then was not a crime -- only being without visible means of support was. Have a disease or being sick wasn't criminal either. But the women were truly locked up for Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-9981789285292012572009-06-28T11:19:59.421+12:002009-06-28T11:19:59.421+12:00All I can think is how horrible it would be for th...All I can think is how horrible it would be for those women admitted. I'm sure they were not treated well in their work but they were probably not treated any better in the hospital :(Maritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08186136444811595697noreply@blogger.com