Preface; Introduction; Part I. Prostitution, Social Science and Venereal Disease: 1. The common prostitute in Victorian Britain; 2. Social science and the great social evil; 3. Venereal disease; Part II. The Contagious Diseases Acts, Regulationists and Repealers: 4. The Contagious Diseases Acts and their advocates; 5. The repeal campaign; 6. The leadership of the Ladies' National Association; 7. Class and gender conflict within the repeal movement; Part III. Two Case Studies: Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts: 8. Plymouth and Southampton under the Contagious Diseases Acts; 9. The repeal campaign in Plymouth and Southampton 1870–4; 10. The making of an outcast group: prostitutes and working women in Plymouth and Southampton; 11. The hospitals; 12. The local repeal campaign, 1874–86; Epilog; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.
A study of alliances between prostitutes and femminists and their clashes with medical authorities and police.
'Prostitution and Victorian Society represents women's history at
its most ambitious and effective. Walkowitz's discerning analysis
of the Ladies National Association's ideas and strategies makes her
book a very useful part of the political education of feminists of
our own generation.' Ellen Ross, Signs
'A picture of the complex mechanisms through which class, gender
and sexualities are refracted and shaped. This is a major,
pathbreaking achievement which will leave future historians deeply
in Judith Walkowitz's debt.' Jeffrey Weeks, History Today
' … essential (and compelling) reading.' British Journal of Law and
Society
' … a classic of social history, full of vivid experience bound
together by a profound understanding of the social ideology and
moral myth of Victorian England … A work of impeccable scholarship;
a parable for today; yes, both of these. But let the reviewer not
founder in her own morality. This is also a book full of lusty life
and exceptional characters.' Elizabeth Janeway, Los Angeles
Times
'Walkowitz reveals the complexity of the social, economic, moral,
religious and political (including feminist) issues that were
entwined in the CD controversy through a virtuoso analysis.
Walkowitz exposes the void that still exists in the historical
explanation of changes in ideas and policies on sexual and social
relations of the sexes that have transpired since late Victorian
times. The exposure is a worthy challenge to a social historian who
can match Walkowitz's gifts in research and analysis.' The American
Historical Review
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