In 1885 W. T. Stead intervened in the campaign against organized prostitution in England which Josephine Butler had been leading for fifteen years. The principle of legalized prostitution had been…
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon IV: the Report of our Secret Commission W. T. Stead, (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 10, 1885) Contents 1. Introduction 2. An Unnatural Alliance 3. The Black…
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon III: the Report of our Secret Commission W. T. Stead, (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 8, 1885) Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Ruin of the Very…
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon II: the Report of our Secret Commission W. T. Stead (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 7, 1885) Contents 1. The Resposibility of the Mothers 2. Recruiting…
The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon I: the Report of our Secret Commission W. T. Stead (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 6, 1885) Contents 1. Liberty for Vice, Repression for…
..all those who are squeamish, and all those who are prudish, and all those who prefer to live in a fool’s paradise of imaginary innocence and purity, selfishly oblivious to…