LEADER 04951oam 2200577I 450 001 9910452887203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-10404-8 010 $a0-415-62360-X 010 $a1-136-24776-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203104040 035 $a(CKB)2550000001096781 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25291755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1244690 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1244690 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL503315 035 $a(OCoLC)852758081 035 $a(OCoLC)852657186 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001096781 100 $a20180706e20131980 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 200 10$aProstitution and Victorian social reform /$fPaul McHugh 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge Library Editions: Women's History ;$vVolume 26 300 $aFirst published in 1980. 311 $a0-415-75258-2 311 $a1-299-72064-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface 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. Appendices 330 $aIn 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. 330 $bIn 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. 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pWomen's history ;$vv. 26. 606 $aProstitution$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSexually transmitted diseases$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSexually transmitted diseases$xLaw and legislation$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aProstitution$xHistory 615 0$aSexually transmitted diseases$xHistory 615 0$aSexually transmitted diseases$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 676 $a306.7/4/0942 700 $aMcHugh$b Paul.$0886362 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452887203321 996 $aProstitution and Victorian social reform$91979314 997 $aUNINA