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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)HMLAdd/91
TitlePrinted address from Harriet Martineau, Ursula Bright and Josephine Butler, to the Women of Colchester
Extent1 item
Date[1870]
DescriptionThe address gives information about a Bill passed by Parliament [Contagious Diseases Acts], and appeals to the women of Colchester to urge their male relatives to vote against Sir Henry Storks as MP in the election.

[Butler, Josephine (nee Grey), 1828-1906, English social reformer and feminist. She campaigned for the abolition of child prostitution, and in 1869 became involved in the campaign to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts].

[Storks was a prominent supporter of the Contagious Diseases Acts who favoured their extension to soldiers' wives].
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