ISBN:
9780415623605
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (311 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Women's History Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform
DDC:
306.7/4/0942
Keywords:
Prostitution -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Sexually transmitted diseases -- Law and legislation -- England -- History -- 19th century
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Prostitution ; England ; History ; 19th century
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Sexually transmitted diseases ; England ; History ; 19th century
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Sexually transmitted diseases ; Law and legislation ; England ; History ; 19th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Dedication; 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; Appendix A: The Principal Repeal Associations as at 1 June 1880; Appendix B: Income and Expenditure Figures
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix C: Some Employees of Repeal Associations and SalariesBibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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