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Abstract / Summary

Anna Pappritz and Katharina Scheven, members of the German section of the International Abolitionist Federation (Internationale Abolitionistische Föderation), authored this fifth volume of the “Abolitionist Pamphlet” series (Abolitionistische Flugschriften) published in Dresden in 1909. Pappritz and Scheven argue that justice was the basis for morality and social progress but that the field of sexual morality lacked this principle. They critique the “double standard” of disproportionately harsh punishments for prostitution for women compared to the relative lack of punishment for men. Members of the Abolitionist Federation felt that the causes of prostitution were social and physiological, emphasizing historical patterns of exploitation of the weak by the strong. The federation members proposed campaigns for positive reform under three headings: prevention and education, sanitation, and legal. These campaigns included proposals for welfare, education, law, housing, labor, prison and hospital reforms.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Anna Pappritz, 1861-1939, Katharina Scheven, 1861-1922

Publisher

International Abolitionist Federation

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Content Type

Government/institutional document

Duration

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Format

Text

Page Count

35

Publication Year

1909

Publisher

International Abolitionist Federation

Place Published / Released

Dresden, Saxony

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Transnational Women’s Movement, Reproductive Rights, Women and Family, Women and Health, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Derechos Reproductivos, Direitos Reprodutivos, Mujer y Familia, Mulher e Família, Mujer y Salud, Mulher e Saúde, International Abolitionist Federation, Women and Education, Women and Sexuality, Birth Control, and Health, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Work and Class Identity, Social Reform and Political Activism, Access to Primary Education/Literacy, Access to Higher Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Equal Protection, Labor Standards, Maternity Protection, Campaigns Against Prostitution and Sex Trafficking, Abolition of Slavery

Topic

Access to Primary Education/Literacy, Access to Higher Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Equal Protection, Labor Standards, Maternity Protection, Campaigns Against Prostitution and Sex Trafficking, Abolition of Slavery

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Derechos Reproductivos, Direitos Reprodutivos, Mujer y Familia, Mulher e Família, Mujer y Salud, Mulher e Saúde