04951oam 2200577I 450 991045288720332120200520144314.00-203-10404-80-415-62360-X1-136-24776-910.4324/9780203104040 (CKB)2550000001096781(StDuBDS)AH25291755(MiAaPQ)EBC1244690(Au-PeEL)EBL1244690(CaPaEBR)ebr10728187(CaONFJC)MIL503315(OCoLC)852758081(OCoLC)852657186(EXLCZ)99255000000109678120180706e20131980 uy 0engur|||||||||||Prostitution and Victorian social reform /Paul McHughLondon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (306 p.)Routledge Library Editions: Women's History ;Volume 26First published in 1980.0-415-75258-2 1-299-72064-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface 1. Introduction 2. Regulating Prostitution 3. The Attack on the Acts Launched 4. Defeat and Regrouping 5. The Repeal Campaign in Action - Organisation and Methods 6. The Role of Women in the Repeal Movement 7. Religion and the Repeal Campaign 8. The Liberal Strategy 9. Political Connections and Alliances in the Repeal Campaign 10. Conclusion. AppendicesIn the mid-19th century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases.In the mid-nineteenth century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases. The coercive nature of the Contagious Diseases Acts and the double standard which allowed the continuance of prostitution on the ground that the prostitute 'herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue', aroused the ire of many reformers, not only women's rights campaigners. Paul McHugh analyses the social composition of the different repeal and reform movements - the liberal reformists, the passionate struggle of the charismatic Josephine Butler, the Tory reformers whose achievement was in the improvement of preventative medicine, and finally the Social Purity movement of the 1880s which favoured a coercive approach. This is a fascinating study of ideals and principles in action, of pressure-group strategy, and of individual leaders in the repeal movement's sixteen year progress to victory. The book was originally publised in 1980. In the mid-nineteenth century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases. The coercive nature of the Contagious Diseases Acts and the double standard which allowed the continuance of prostitution on the ground that the prostitute 'herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue', aroused the ire of many reformers, not only women's rights campaigners. Paul McHugh analyses the social composition of the different repeal and reform movements - the liberal reformists, the passionate struggle of the charismatic Josephine Butler, the Tory reformers whose achievement was in the improvement of preventative medicine, and finally the Social Purity movement of the 1880s which favoured a coercive approach. This is a fascinating study of ideals and principles in action, of pressure-group strategy, and of individual leaders in the repeal movement's sixteen year progress to victory. The book was originally publised in 1980.Routledge library editions.Women's history ;v. 26.ProstitutionEnglandHistory19th centurySexually transmitted diseasesEnglandHistory19th centurySexually transmitted diseasesLaw and legislationEnglandHistory19th centuryElectronic books.ProstitutionHistorySexually transmitted diseasesHistorySexually transmitted diseasesLaw and legislationHistory306.7/4/0942McHugh Paul.886362MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452887203321Prostitution and Victorian social reform1979314UNINA