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Alison Neilans (Secretary, Association for Moral & Social Hygiene), to Millicent...

Catalogue reference: 7MGF/A/1/208

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7MGF/A/1/208
Title
Alison Neilans (Secretary, Association for Moral & Social Hygiene), to Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Date
5 Mar 1920
Description

Asks if Mrs Fawcett will write to Mrs Catt in America, as suggested by Dr Katherine Bushnell, to persuade American women not to support proposed legislation against prostitution. Typed, signed.

Attached: Copy of a letter to Miss Neilans from Dr Bushnell dated in California 31 Jan 1920. Reports a meeting of suffragists, which supported the compulsory examination of women, etc. Copies part of a letter from Lucy Stone Blackwell on the subject; she fears that regulation will win. Asks for help from England in countering those who support the measures. Typed (2 pages)

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London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library
Language
English
Physical description
2 items (3 pages
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/89d51d79-e45e-479f-82f7-1a0196c32461/

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Alison Neilans (Secretary, Association for Moral & Social Hygiene), to Millicent Garrett Fawcett