The magdalene societies tried to reform what social ill? a. poverty c. public drunkenness b. prostitution d. piety

The Magdalene Societies tried to reform B. prostitution.
In the 1800s, a number of these societies were formed in order to help "fallen women" who had to resort to prostitution in order to make money for themselves (and maybe their families). They wanted to help them and save them from that 'disgraceful' life.

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