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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    16 May 2011
    28 October 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511701351
    9781108020985
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511701351
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.25kg, 192 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, History of Ideas, British History after 1450, History, Politics and International Relations
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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    Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828–1906) was a prominent English feminist who was best known for her controversial campaigns concerning the welfare and civil rights of prostitutes. In 1869 she became the leader of the campaign to limit the extension of the Contagious Diseases Acts. These Acts aimed to control the spread of venereal diseases in the armed forces through mandatory internal examinations and imprisonment for women accused of prostitution. Butler's campaign was instrumental in having the Acts repealed in 1886. In this volume of 1871, Butler denounces the Acts for denying accused women their civil rights, and discusses how repeal, together with universal suffrage and constitutional reform, would prevent this situation from recurring. Butler was one of the first feminists to frame her arguments explicitly through female experiences, and this volume illustrates her approach. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=butljo

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