CDA

Question 1

What were the terms Of the 1864 First Act and when was it passed?

Answer 1

1864: Applied to specific garrison towns in England and Ireland, Authorising police to arrest women and force them to attend medical examination.
If diseased could be detained for up to 3 months for treatment or until cured.

Question 2

What were the terms of the 1866 Second Act and when was it passed?

Answer 2

1866: More military towns were covered with fortnightly inspections of known prostitutes.

Question 3

When was repeal achieved?

Answer 3

1886

Question 4

What role did Josephine Baker play in the campaign for repeal?

Answer 4

• Spearheaded the repeal campaign
• Charismatic and gifted speaker (99 meetings across the nation in 1870 alone)
• Face of the movement
• Captured the popular imagination and won support across class/gender divides.
• However, didn’t effectively pass the act or garner parliamentary attention

Question 5

What was the role played by the Liberal Party in the campaign for repeal?

Answer 5

Pushed for and finalised the repeal in 1879.
Only group that could and did make the effective change.
Began an enquiry of the CDA in the early 1870s.

Question 6

Why were there concerns about Venereal Disease?

Answer 6

By 1864, 1 in 3 sick cases in the military were venereal diseases.
High rates of infection often made the navy incapable of sailing.
Far more casualties in the Crimean War were sustained in hospitals than the battlefield.

Question 7

What was the Ladies’ National Association?

Answer 7

• Led by Josephine Baker
• Gained support from people of affluent, middle-class backgrounds, adding legitimacy to the movement.
• Gave women a voice, allowing for massive support and awareness.
• Pioneered the campaign and was a nationwide network bringing attention to the movement.
• Gains the public’s attention yet not parliamentary attention

Question 8

Who was James Stansfeld and what role did he play?

Answer 8

• Previous Liberal government cabinet minister who focused his full effort to the campaign after leaving his role in 1874.
• Gave the movement wider reach and legitimacy.
• Presented statistics to parliament to indicate the failure of the act.
• In 1883, introduced the motion that ‘the house disapproves of the compulsory examination of women under the CDA.’ This was passed making the acts ineffective and their repeal inevitable.
• However, acting off actions of LNA/Josephine?