WEBINAR: Guilty of Being Poor: A History of Workhouses and the Rhetoric of Wealth in Britain

When
10 June 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Via Zoom
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480

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Perspective view of a workhouse for 300 paupers

Poor Law Commission, Annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, London, W. Clowes and Sons, 1835-1847. Credits: Wellcome Library, London.

Being poor in Britain in past centuries was no joke. What passed for a welfare system was heavily influenced by moral judgements and even the frail aged and disabled could be seen as shirking their responsibilities to work.

In this webinar entitled "Guilty of being Poor: A History of Workhouses and the Rhetoric of Wealth in Britain", Patrice Connelly will explore how workhouses came into being, how their architecture determined much of the life and mortification of inmates, and resources for finding your ancestors in these hellholes.

She will finish with a quick tour of the Fleet Prison.

Presenter: Patrice Connelly

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