Abstract
The four case study institutions had their own afterlives beyond 1910. The Cambridge Female Refuge closed officially on 20 June 1939. On the outbreak of war, it was taken over by military authorities until 1946 and housed military families from the allied forces. The Borough Council then bought the property for temporary housing in 1949. As the occupants moved on, testimony from a local resident, a child at the time, gives us a final glimpse of the site:
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Woodall, S. (2023). Conclusion. In: Material Setting and Reform Experience in English Institutions for Fallen Women, 1838-1910. Genders and Sexualities in History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40571-6_8
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