Rochelle forwarded us a link to this post by Jonathan Shipley on the Vintage Seattle blog, a look inside life at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N) back when it was a “home for wayward girls”:
Residents, in those early days, rarely left the grounds, could not excuse themselves from the nuns sharing with them those experiences of sweet virtue. Bars were in the windows. There was strict adherence to scheduled – waking, teaching, working at the laundry downstairs, eating meals, bed. Oh how coveted were those Sundays when they could have “parlor” – a time in which appropriate visitors could see them.
Routines were adhered to religiously. A former resident remembered, “We were assigned one day a week to take our bath and wash our hair. We washed our underclothes and socks every night and hung them over a bed rail. The dorm monitors would always check to see that you had washed your clothing.”
The full article is a must read for local history buffs.
