Josephine Butler Society

The University of Liverpool holds the Josephine Butler Collections, an archive which comprises among other things articles, manuscripts, books, and photographs. The Women's Library , which houses the Josephine Butler Society Library, also has...

JB became president of the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (the LNA) which later became the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene .

JB received a letter from Daniel Cooper , secretary of the Rescue Society , supporting the efforts of the Ladies' National Association to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts.

JB was present at the inaugural meeting of the British, Continental, and General Federation for the Abolition of Government Regulation of Prostitution ; she and Henry Wilson served as joint-secretaries.

Judith R. Walkowitz suggests that the LNA 's political following owed a great deal to the charismatic appeal of Josephine Butler , whose speeches against the instrumental rape of working women under the acts electrified...