Contagious Diseases Acts knowledge organiser Flashcards
1st … CDA applied to specific garrison towns, women could be held in lock hospital for up to …
1864
3 months
2nd … CDA included more towns, prostitutes within … of protected districts had compulsory examinations every …
1866
10 miles
3 months
3rd … CDA created further … protected districts, detainment extended to …
1869
18
12 months
… unification of Italy
1861
Crimean War …
1853-56
… report found … of army hospital admissions due to venereal infections
1860
37%
on average … soldiers in hospital due to venereal infections at any given time
105 out of 1000
… advised regulation of prostitution via frequent medical checks
Sir John Liddell
venereal disease -> … of all admissions to ear & eye wards at …
12.5-20%
London Royal Free Hospital
… Royal Commission found that free treatment improved conditions & increased working life of prostitutes 🤨
1871
medical examinations performed in rooms with clear windows in …
Devonport
historian …’s … research found treatment only dealt with symptoms not disease
Judith Walkowitz
1980s
… committed suicide in … following false accusation
Mrs Percy
1875
agitation for parliamentary reform had been revived among wealthy mc - … ‘Reform Union’ founded in …
1864
Manchester
… steered the Second Reform Act = increased electorate from … to …
Benjamin Disraeli
1.4mil
2.5mil
… collected … signatures for female suffrage
Women’s Suffrage Committee
1,500
Nat. Association for the Repeal of the CDAs formed in …
1869
… = member of … promoting liberal issues
Elizabeth Wolstenhome
Social Science Association
Wolstenhome rejected … or prominent feminist … as leaders for Ladies’ Nat. Association for the Repeal of the CDA, invited … to lead the movement
Florence Nightingale
Harriet Martineau
Josephine Butler
Butler founded refuge for fallen women in …
Liverpool
Butler travelled … in first year addressing … meetings, LNA newspaper … spread awareness of the Acts, singled out candidates in parliamentary elections -> … forced to withdraw candidacy on day of election
3,700 miles
99
The Shield
Henry Storks
Butler blocked voluntary medical examinations in private clinics (proposed by … at the Royal Commission in …) -> introduced in …
John Stuart Mill
1871
1883
Con. gov. in …
1874
