Josephine Butler Society

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...

MGF was eighty at the time of writing this book, but still active both physically and mentally. The book was published by the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene . The Association was formed in...

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...