约瑟芬·巴特勒与维多利亚时代废除《传染病法》运动

Josephine Butler and the Repeal Movement for the Contagious Diseases Acts in Victorian Era

约瑟芬·巴特勒是维多利亚时代的女权运动先驱。为了废除针对社会下层女性的《传染病法》,她成立全国妇女协会并出任领导人,通过到处演讲、报刊发文、组织请愿等方式反对国家规范卖淫;她谴责《传染病法》违背道德、法律、歧视社会下层女性,主张提升女性的社会地位,为女性积极参与社会事务、争取男女平等提供了基础。

Josephine Butler was a pioneer in the feminist movement of the Victorian era. To repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts against the women of the lower classes,she founded and served as leader of the Ladies＇ National Association for the Repeal for the Contagious Acts,against the state＇regulation of prostitution by the way of speaking everywhere,publishing essays on the press,sponsoring petitions the speech,etc. She condemned the Contagious Diseases Acts against morals and laws,discrimination for the women of the lower classes,while advocating to promotion of the social status of women. What she had done provided the basis for women to take part in social affairs and to fight for gender equality.