Josephine Butler Society

Among the other women who signed were Harriet Martineau , Elizabeth Wolstenholme , and Florence Nightingale . The petition was compiled by the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts ;...

Several of her public addresses (which were later published) also touch on issues related to legislation and government policy on this topic. Her Address Delivered at Croydon, July 3, 1871, draws the parallel...

She herself, working with the British, Continental, and General Federation for the Abolition of Government Regulation of Prostitution , had set up The Shield the previous month. JB saw it as not only a useful...

Following the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (on 20 April 1886), JB initiated and edited several periodicals to maintain international communication and alliances, to ensure that the Acts should not be reinstated, and particularly...

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...