| ID: | 15165 |
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| Entry Text: | McHugh, Paul. Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform: The Campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts. New York: St. Martin, 1981, 320 pp. Important legislation aimed specifically to reduce veneral diseases; focus on personnel of armed forces; involved medical examinations of suspected prostitutes; outcry by prominent women, who had no vote, led to repeal. |