Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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.