A report by Select Committee of the House of Lords on the 'Law relating to the protection of Young Girls' together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendix
Josephine Butler SocietyReport from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the 'Law relating to the protection of Young Girls' together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendix.
Josephine Butler SocietyNewsletters from various lesbian organisations, including: Ipswich Lesbians (Apr 1990); Lezzie Zone (n.d.), Working Class Lesbian Newsletter (Nov 1983), Wisconsin Women’s Land Co-op (Winter 1981, Summer 1983). Also includes a copy of Spare Rib (Feb 1985).
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the 'Contagious Diseases Acts' (Volume II)
Josephine Butler SocietyLiterature relating to women’s campaigns, national and global solidarity movements, and social justice campaigns.
Includes: essay entitled ‘Class’ by Linda Bellos, from Revolutionary & Radical Feminists (Leeds) newsletter (Summer 1989); ‘Self Twice-Removed: Ugandan Woman’ CHANGE International report by Grace Akello (1982); ‘For Richer – For Poorer?’ report on conference on Child Support Act (1992); ‘Black Women’s Struggle for Equality’ essay (1980) by Willie Mae Reid x 2; ‘Justice Denied: A Nation Resists’ pamphlet by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (1991); ‘A State of Siege: Policing the Coalfields in the First Six Weeks of the Miners’ Strike’ report by Susan Miller & Martin Walker for the National Union of Miners Yorkshire branch (1984); and ‘Minus Lives: Women of Bangladesh’ CHANGE International report by Naila Kabeer (1983).
Numerous pamphlets and publications relating to the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act, many with an attached memorandum declaring them as old publications 'issued in opposition to the system of "State Regulation of Vice" which are "more or less obsolete"'.
Josephine Butler SocietyEphemera related to the line’s activities and other feminist organisations. Contains leaflets for a community group gathering in Gwynedd called Cadwyn Gwynedd; a printed photo of Patricia Highsmith, a flyer for Trouble and Strife radical feminist magazine, a graffitied flyer with homophobic messages, and handouts from workshop exercises.
Gwynedd and Bangor Lesbian Line, 1984-1989'A Rough Record' of events and incidents connected with the repeal of the "Contagious Diseases Acts 1864-6-9" in the United Kingdom and of the movement against 'State Regulation of Vice in India and the Colonies'
Josephine Butler SocietyCLCBLG enquiry and incident book.
Various leaflets relating to the health of the British Army in India with reference to the Contagious Diseases Acts; 'State Regulation of Social Vice'; and the Indian Cantonments Scandals.
Sociedad "Luz" Buenos Aires Series II No. 118