The Women's Library is pleased to announce the completion of two projects:
3AMS Association for Moral and Social Hygiene
A revised and now complete catalogue of the Records of the Association for
Moral and Social Hygiene has recently been made available to researchers.
This project was generously funded by The Wellcome Trust.
The Association for Moral and Social Hygiene is a gender-equality pressure
group. It was established in 1915 following the amalgamation of the Ladies'
National Association, and the 'British, Continental and General Federation
for Abolition of Government Regulation of Prostitution', which later became
the International Abolitionist Federation. These organisations were founded
by Josephine Butler as part of her campaign against state regulation of
prostitution in England and Europe during the 1860s and 1870s. The
Association, known as the Josephine Butler Society since 1962, is still
active and continues to uphold its original principles of social justice,
equality of all citizens before the law, and the need for a standard of
morality, for both men and women.
This archive consists of: administrative papers; papers relating to
numerous campaigns such as opposing traffic in women and children, and the
state regulation of prostitution; material relating to the Association’s
work in de-regulating prostitution around the world; papers relating to the
International Abolitionist Federation. There are also 454 photographs: the
majority are portraits of individuals connected with the Abolitionist
movement; there are also some portraits of Josephine Butler and members of
her family. (163 A boxes; 4 albums)
3JBL Josephine Butler Letters Collection
This project was funded by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. This
collection consists of 2,480 letters primarily by Josephine Butler, but
also by key members of her family (such as her husband, Rev George
Butler) and by colleagues and friends (eg Henry Wilson). Josephine
Butler was a Victorian social reformer who campaigned against
prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts (1864, 1866 and 1869). The
Collection has been described to item level. In addition to the original
letters held by The Women's Library, this archive includes photocopies
of correspondence held at the University of Liverpool Special
Collections. (12 A boxes)
For the online catalogue see
www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/archivemuseumcatalogue
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