Josephine Butler Society

Isabella's brothers John Rawlinson and Thomas Benson were also active in public life, and they, too, shared Isabella's interest in the welfare of women and the working classes. Unlike her, however, they were both active...

IOF 's cousins Elizabeth Pease Nichol and Katharine Blackhouse were among the leaders of the Ladies' National Association when it campaigned on the national stage for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. Another cousin,...

MCH was also an energetic speaker for the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts and she frequently attended Plymouth and Devonport courthouses to observe related trials. Her presence there, like...

Much of LOC 's life was spent in social and political activism, particularly under the auspices of groups involved in working for women's rights (including the suffrage) and women's protection—that is, in favour of social...

JB became president of the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (the LNA) which later became the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene .

From the time she was fifteen, SG had supported Josephine Butler 's crusade against the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864, 1866, and 1869. (She admired Butler but never met her.) The medical knowledge SG gleaned...

JB received a letter from Daniel Cooper , secretary of the Rescue Society , supporting the efforts of the Ladies' National Association to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts.

JB was present at the inaugural meeting of the British, Continental, and General Federation for the Abolition of Government Regulation of Prostitution ; she and Henry Wilson served as joint-secretaries.

When the Ladies' National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was formed in December 1869, HM 's was one of the leading signatories. She also participated in the same campaign through articles...

Judith R. Walkowitz suggests that the LNA 's political following owed a great deal to the charismatic appeal of Josephine Butler , whose speeches against the instrumental rape of working women under the acts electrified...

Along with other members of the Ladies' National Association , JB firmly protested against the situation of women in British India, where the Contagious Diseases Acts continued to apply. She involved herself with the...

In December 1927, as the centenary of JB 's birth approached, the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene published Dame Millicent Fawcett and E. M. Turner 's Josephine Butler: Her Work and Principles, and Their...

They were requested to produce this work by the Ladies' National Association for the Abolition of Government Regulation of Vice . It is primarily autobiographical since the Johnsons largely compiled it from her own publications:...

Following the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts (on 20 April 1886), JB initiated and edited several periodicals to maintain international communication and alliances, to ensure that the Acts should not be reinstated, and particularly...

The University of Liverpool holds the Josephine Butler Collections, an archive which comprises among other things articles, manuscripts, books, and photographs. The Women's Library , which houses the Josephine Butler Society Library, also has...