Eliza Armstrong

Standard Name: Armstrong, Eliza

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6 July 1885: The first instalment of W. T. Stead's Maiden...

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6 July 1885

The first instalment of W. T. Stead 's Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette, exposing the alleged sale of young girls in prostitution.
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.
131
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
81-3, 101

23 October 1885: The trial began in London of W. T. Stead...

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23 October 1885

The trial began in London of W. T. Stead and others for the abduction of Eliza Armstrong , purchased as a white slave.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
106-7

5 November 1885: W. T. Stead published his defence, which...

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5 November 1885

W. T. Stead published his defence, which had been deemed inadmissible in court, of his motives for abductingEliza Armstrong for his Pall Mall Gazette exposé of July.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
111-12, 277

Early November 1885: Four of the six defendants in the W. T. Stead...

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Early November 1885

Four of the six defendants in the W. T. Stead abduction case (following his attempt to expose the white slave trade) were found guilty.
Walkowitz, Judith R. City of Dreadful Delight. University of Chicago Press, 1992.
106, 115

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