Rescue Society of London

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politics	Josephine Butler	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. Butler, Josephine. Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade. Hyperion Press, 1989. 5-6

Timeline

1853

The Evangelical Rescue Society of London was formed.

Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.

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1877

The Rescue Society of London reported that most prostitutes were in their late teens, and that they quickly became diseased.

Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.

17-9

1881

A voluntary treatment centre for prostitutes was opened by the Rescue Society of London .

Walkowitz, Judith R. ’We Are Not Beasts of the Field’: Prostitution and the Campaign Against the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1869-1886. University of Rochester, 1974.

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