Josephine Butler Society
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Textual Production | Harriet Martineau | She was the first signatory to the petition published on 31 December 1869, also in the Daily News, by the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
. These four... |
Textual Production | Josephine Butler | 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
;... |
Textual Production | Josephine Butler | 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... |
Textual Production | Josephine Butler | 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... |
Textual Production | Josephine Butler | 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... |
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