Ellice Hopkins

Standard Name: Hopkins, Ellice

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1877: The Metropolitan Association for Befriending...

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1877

The Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants , a social purity group which worked with workhouse girls, adopted the ideas of reformer Ellice Hopkins .
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
98

1879: Inspired by Ellice Hopkins' work, Mary Steer...

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1879

Inspired by Ellice Hopkins ' work, Mary Steer founded the Bridge of Hope Mission in the infamous Ratcliff Highway district of London.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
98

November 1879: Ellice Hopkins founded the Friendless Girls...

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November 1879

Ellice Hopkins founded the Friendless Girls Association in Plymouth.
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.
128

1880-1886: Social reformer and purity activist Ellice...

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1880-1886

Social reformer and purity activist Ellice Hopkins operated a working-men's mission in a custom-built hall at Barnwell, near Cambridge.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
95

2 August 1880: The so-called Ellice Hopkins Act, an Industrial...

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2 August 1880

The so-called Ellice Hopkins Act, an Industrial Schools Act, provided for the separation of prostitutes from their children. The act applied to Britain and Ireland.
Prochaska, F. K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Clarendon, 1980.
211
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2025.
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
90
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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Law Reports: Statutes. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1866–2025.
1880: 45

1882: This year prominent reformer Ellice Hopkins...

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1882

This year prominent reformer Ellice Hopkins published a sex-education book, On the Early Training of Girls and Boys, successfully introduced the topic of the sexual double standard at the Derby Church Congress , and...

After February 1883: The White Cross Army, a chastity society,...

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After February 1883

The White Cross Army , a chastity society, was founded.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
100, 103-5

1885: By this time, Ellice Hopkins' Ladies' Association...

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1885

By this time, Ellice Hopkins ' Ladies' Association for the Care of the Lost had branches in 85 towns.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
98

13 May 1886: The National Association for the Repeal of...

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13 May 1886

The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts held its last meeting. It considered its work completed following the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
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.
133
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
99

1899: Ellice Hopkins published The Power of Womanhood,...

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1899

Ellice Hopkins published The Power of Womanhood, detailing the facts of life, and promoting the respectful treatment of wives and mothers.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
135

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