I’ve been working on an article examining Josephine Butler’s campaign against morals policing in Paris for quite a while now and it’s finally out. This article, the first published section of my new book project, explores how Butler’s advocacy against regulated prostitution shaped and was shaped by her time in Paris during the 1870s. It attempts to connect her arguments against regulated prostitution to a nascent critique of policing in democratic society more broadly, while also highlighting her indebtedness to a multivalent discourse around race in the early Third Republic.
Please feel free to reach out if you would like a copy of the article and are not able to access it via the link above.