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Josephine Butler and the Prostitution Campaigns: Diseases of the Body Politic

Edited by Jane Jordan; Ingrid Sharp

Published: 11 Nov 2004
DOI: 10.4324/9780415226844
Set ISBN: 9780415226844

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The Queen’s Daughters in India

Edited by
Ingrid Sharp

After the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in England on 15 April 1886, attention turned almost immediately to the British Colonies, where Regulation was still in force, governed by the Indian Contagious Diseases Acts of 1864 and the Cantonment Acts or Rules of 1866. Josephine Butler’s first publication on the issue, The Revival and Extension of the Abolitionist Cause (item 1), documents the situation in all the Colonies, but it soon became clear that the central focus was on India. For Butler, the Indian campaign was a ‘second chapter of our great Abolitionist cause’ (p. 1), an opportunity to continue the work of the LNA which might otherwise have lost focus.

Volume Contents

Front Matter
Introduction
Turning the Spotlight on India
- The Revival and Extension of the Abolitionist Cause: a Letter to the Members of the Ladies’ National Association, Dyer Brothers, London, 1887 By Josephine Butler
  - Part I
  - Part II
  - Part III
- 2
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to the Misses Priestman, 19 October 1886 [From Pension Buchegg, Muri pres Berne, Switzerland], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library By Josephine Butler
- 3
  
  The C.D. Acts in India: Official Report of Mr. McLaren’s Speech in the House of Commons, on June the 5th, 1888, Reprinted from the “Crewe & Nantwich Chronicle”, of Saturday, 16 June 1888. London, Moral Reform Union, 1889
- 4
  
  “Is the Empire a Moloch?” Pall Mall Gazette, 19 May 1887, p. 1
- 5
  
  “Is Empire Consistent with Morality? No!” Pall Mall Gazette, 19 May 1887, pp. 2-3
- 6
  
  “The Advocacy of Licensed Sin by Subterfuge”, Sentinel, September 1887, pp. 105-7
- 7
  
  “Must India Perish Through Britain’s Sin? A Question for the Christian Churches of Great Britain”, Sentinel, January 1888, pp. 1-3 By Alfred S. Dyer
- 8
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to the Misses Priestman, 27 February 1888 [From 9, The Close, Winchester], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library By Josephine Butler
- 9
  
  “The Black Hand of Authority in India: Facts about the Degradation of the People of India by the British Government”, Sentinel, February 1888, pp. 19-21 By Alfred S. Dyer
- 10
  
  “The Government versus the Gospel in India.” Sentinel, March 1888, pp. 25-8 By Alfred S. Dyer
- 11
  
  “Repentance or Retribution? A Serious Crisis in India”, Sentinel, April 1888, pp. 47-9 By Alfred S. Dyer
- 12
  
  “The Brutality of Licensed Sin”, Sentinel, May 1888, p. 55 By Josephine Butler
- 13
  
  Letter from the Commander-in-Chief in India, 3 April 1888, Dawn, August 1888, p. 17
The Infamous Memorandum
- 14
  
  “The Infidel Government of India”, Sentinel, May 1888, pp. 61-3 By Alfred S. Dyer
- 15
  
  Letter from Major General E. F. Chapman, C.B, R.A, Quartermaster General in India, to the Secretary to the Government of India, Military viii Department, Parliamentary Papers 1888, LXXVII (158) 209
- 16
  
  Copy of the Despatch from the Secretary of State for India in Council to the Indian Government, with Respect to the Contagious Diseases Acts and the Cantonment Acts, and Regulations of that Country, Parliamentary Papers 1888, LXXVII (180)283-5
- 17
  
  Copy of a Circular Memorandum by the Quartermaster General in India Dated 17 June 1886, Parliamentary Papers 1888, LXXVIII, (197)289-93
- 18
  
  Copy of the Despatch from the Secretary of State for India Conveying to the Governor General of India the Resolution of this House, of the 5th day of June 1888, with Respect to the Contagious Diseases Acts and Regulations in India. Parliamentary Papers 1888, LXXVII, (339)303
The Queen’s Daughters in India
- 19
  
  “A Call to Battle. A Letter to My Friends.”, Dawn, April 1890, pp. 1-2 By Josephine Butler
- 20
  
  “India: Visit to Poona: The Native Army”, Dawn, April 1890, p. 3 By Maurice Gregory
- 21
  
  Editorial, Dawn, March 1893, pp. 1-2
- 22
  
  The Present Aspect of the Abolitionist Cause in Relation to British India: A Letter to My Friends, London, British, Continental and General Federation, 1893 By Josephine Butler
- 23
  
  “A Question for Lord Roberts: Who is Responsible for the Masked Mutiny in the Indian Army?”, Review o f Reviews, May 1893, p. 487 By W. T. Stead
- 24
  
  “The Question for Lord Roberts”, Review of Reviews, June 1893, pp. 597-8 By W. T. Stead
- 25
  
  “Is Vice Regulated by the State in India? Interview with General Lord Roberts”, Christian Commonwealth, 1 May 1893, p. 519
- 26
  
  “Editorial Notes: Vice in India”, Christian Commonwealth, 18 May 1893, pp. 532-3
- 27
  
  “Is Vice Regulated by the State in India? Interview with an ‘Old Soldier’”, Christian Commonwealth, 25 May 1893, p. 551
- 28
  
  “Is Vice Regulated by the State in India? Important Interviews”, Christian Commonwealth, 18 May 1893, p. 536
- 29
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Stanley Butler, 20 May 1893 [From 24, Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library By Josephine Butler
- 30
  
  Mrs Butler's Pleafor an Interest in the Abolitionist Work on the Continent o f Europe, London, British, Continental and General Federation, 1893 By Josephine Butler
- 31
  
  “An Appeal to Missionaries”, Sentinel, June 1893, pp. 52-3 By Josephine Butler
- 32
  
  East India Cantonments Acts and Regulations since 1889. Statement of Facts as to the Administration of the Above-Mentioned Acts, in Respect of Certain Contagious Diseases Within 10 Military Cantonments in British India in the Year 1892, Parliamentary Papers 1893-4, LXIV, (202), 252-3
- The Queen’s Daughters in India, Revised Edition, London, Morgan and Scott, 1898 By Elizabeth W. Andrew; Katharine C. Bushnell
  - From Mrs. Josephine E. Butler
  - Preface to the First Edition
  - From Mr. Henry J. Wilson, MP
  - The Queen’s Daughters in India
    - I
      
      Cantonment Life in India
    - II
      
      Seeking the Outcast
    - III
      
      The Habitations of Cruelty
    - IV
      
      The Contagious Diseases Acts
    - V
      
      Pleading for the Oppressed
    - VI
      
      Some Anglo-Indian Moral Sentiments
- 34
  
  Report of the Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for India to Inquire into the Rules, Regulations, and Practice in the Indian Cantonments and Elsewhere in India, with Regard to Prostitution and to the Treatment of Venereal Disease; Together with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, Parliamentary Papers 1893-4, LXIV, 1-33
- 35
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Stanley Butler, 24 August 1893 [From 15, Great Queen Street, Westminster], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library By Josephine Butler
- 36
  
  “Our Anglo Indian Struggle”, Dawn, October 1893, pp. 1-4
- 37
  
  “A Warning and Appeal Concerning the Present State of Our Cause in India”, Dawn, February 1895, pp. 1-2
- 38
  
  “The Soldier and his Masters”, Contemporary Review, January 1896, pp. 97-111 By C. Bell Taylor
- 39
  
  “The British Soldier in India: Modern Knight or Lawless Brute?”, Review o f Reviews, vol. XV, January-June 1897, pp. 41-2
- 40
  
  The History o fa Sanitary Failure. Extracts (Mainly from Official Sources) Showing the Results of 90 Years Experiments in the Hygienic Regulation of Prostitution in India, Fourth Revised Edition, June 1898, The British Committee of the Federation for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice By Henry J. Wilson
Lord George Hamilton’s Amendment and the Rift with the British Women’s Temperance Association
- 41
  
  Copy of a Despatch to the Government of India Regarding the Measures to be Adopted for Checking the Spread of Venereal Disease Among the British Troops in India. (Lord Hamilton’s Despatch), Parliamentary Papers 1897, LXIII, 617-23
- 42
  
  Memorials Addressed to the Secretary of State for India on the Subject of the Instructions Contained in his Despatch of 26th March 1897, for Improving the Health of the British Troops in India. (Memorials from the British Committee and the ‘Princesses’ Memorial), Parliamentary Papers, 1897, LXIII, 625-39
- 43
  
  “The Health of the Army in India”, Lady Henry Somerset’s letter to the Times, 21 April 1897
- 44
  
  Letter to a Friend from Mrs J. E. Butler, On the Renewed Conflict on State Regulation of Vice in India, 20 April 1897
- 45
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Miss Forsaith, 24 April 1897, Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library
- 46
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Miss Forsaith, 26 April 1897 [From Ewart, Monday Morning], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library
- 47
  
  “Lord Hamilton’s Despatch” and “A Deplorable Scheme”, Shield, May 1897, pp. 5-7
- 48
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Miss Priestman, 26 May 1897 [From Ewart, Wooler], Josephine Butler Collection, University of Liverpool Library
- 49
  
  Open Letter from Josephine E. Butler, 30 May 1897
- 50
  
  Further Correspondence Regarding the Measures to be Adopted for Checking the Spread of Venereal Disease Among the British Troops in India. (Includes the Draft Rules Proposing the Suspension of the Cantonments Amendment Act 1895), Parliamentary Papers, 1897, LXIII, 641-51
- 51
  
  “Truth Before Everything”, Sentinel, August 1897, pp. 107-8
- 52
  
  Reply to Lady Somerset’s Schemefor Dealing with Disease in the Indian Cantonments, The British Committee of the Federation for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Vice, August 1897 By Josephine Butler
- 53
  
  “Lady Henry Somerset and State Regulation of Vice” (A Paper Issued by the Friends Association for Abolishing State Regulation of Vice), Sentinel, September 1897, pp. 117-19
- 54
  
  Return of Memorials Addressed to the Secretary of State for India by the British Committee of the Federation for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice, Against the New Cantonment Regulations Proposed by the Government of India, and by the British Women’s Temperance Association, Against any Intervention of the State for the Regulation of Immorality. Parliamentary Papers, 1897, LXIII, 653-7
- 55
  
  “The Health of the Army”, Shield, October 1897, pp. 41-2
- 56
  
  “A Fatal Mistake”, Sentinel, November 1897, pp. 145-6 By Katharine C. Bushnell; Elizabeth W. Andrew
- 57
  
  “The Present Government. What It Has Done”, Storm-Bell, January 1898, pp. 5-6
- 58
  
  “How the Acts Were Brought Back into India”, Storm-Bell, February 1898, pp. 14-15
- 59
  
  “A Call to Duty”, Shield, February 1898, pp. 76-7
- 60
  
  Memorial of Medical Women addressed to the Secretary of Statefor India, February 1st, 1898. On the Subject of the Measures Recently Adopted for Dealing with Contagious Diseases in the Indian Army, London, Ladies’ National Association
- 61
  
  Letter from Josephine E. Butler to Miss Forsaith, 18 February 1898 [From Ewart Park], Josephine Butler Collection
- 62
  
  “Health of the Army in India, and Lady Henry Somerset”, Shield, March 1898, pp. 89-90
- 63
  
  “In Ramah was There a Voice H eard,... Rachel Weeping for her Children”, Storm-Bell, June 1898, pp. 58-60
- 64
  
  “How Can We Be Chiefly Useful to the Abolitionist Cause During This Winter?”, Storm-Bell, November 1898, pp. 97-9
- 65
  
  “Dead Hands on the Threshold”, Storm-Bell, July 1899, pp. 202-6
- 66
  
  “Imperial Aspects of the Present Crusade on Behalf of an Equal Standard of Morality”, Storm-Bell, April 1900, pp. 295-8