1st Edition

Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns Diseases of the Body Politic

2192 Pages
by Routledge

This five volume set deals in detail with Josephine Butler's campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in Britain and the Colonies. At present, access to Butler's work is restricted as a number of relevant anthologies are out of print. The bulk of these can only be read in specialist libraries and the original copies are becoming increasingly fragile after a century of use. This... Read more
Volume I: The Moral Reclaimability of Prostitutes
Volume II: The Ladies Appeal and Protest
Volume III: The Constitution Violated
Volume IV: Child Prostitution and the Age of Consent
Volume V: The Queen's Daughters in India

Biography

Edited and introduced by Jane Jordan and Ingrid Sharp