Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade Josephine Butler (Liverpool, 1874) Though before the timid counsels Truth and Right may seem to fail, God hath bathed his sword…
The Lovers of the Lost Josephine Butler, The Contemporary Review 13 (1870) pp. 20-23 There are many who will ever believe the restoration of fallen women to be a useless and undesirable…
The Double Standard of Morality Josephine Butler, The Philanthropist (October, 1886) As a floating straw indicates the flow of the tide, so there are certain expressions that have become almost proverbial and…
North Country Members and the CD Acts W. T. Stead (The Northern Echo, July 18, 1876) Tomorrow afternoon Sir Harcourt Johnstone will move the second reading for the Bill for…
The Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts The Northern Echo (June 21, 1875) The man who makes a cesspool, not the man who cleans it out, is the offender against…
A Painful Subject W. T. Stead (The Northern Echo, October 23, 1872) Modern society, after all, does not differ very much from the old massive fortresses of the Dark Ages…
