Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade

Klappentext The memoirs of Josephine Butler (1828 1906)! exploring her role in the campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts. Zusammenfassung Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828–1906) was a prominent English feminist. This volume, first published in 1896, contains Butler's memoirs of her campaigns against the Contagious Diseases Acts and child prostitution, and provides a unique insight into the moral and political opposition to the Acts and the methods of her campaign. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Origin of the system of state regulation of vice; 2. Appeal to the nation; Summary of events connected with the abolitionist movement from 1870 to the close of 1873; 3. Motives and principles; 4. Regulationists; 5. Europe; 6. Early friends and fellow-workers; 7. Switzerland; Summary of events, 1877-1879; 8. Neuchatel; 9. After the Congress of Geneva; Summary of events for 1880-1; 10. Turning in the long road; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Butler, Butler Josephine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9781108021982
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02198-2
• No. of pages: 422
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history