The International Abolitionist Federation, founded in Liverpool in 1875, aimed to abolish state regulation of prostitution and fought the international traffic in women in prostitution. It was origina
Attendees at an IAF Conference in Geneva, c. 1900
Josephine Butler, founder of the IAF
James Stansfeld, general secretary of the federation
Alison Neilans was the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene (AMSH) general secretary in the 1920s.
Avril de Sainte-Croix
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Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix was a French author, journalist, feminist and pacifist. For many years she led the French branch of the International Abolitionist Federation, which sought to abolish stat
International Abolitionist Federation
…abolitionist conference in London in 1898. Between 1898 and 1907 the abolitionist movement in France revived, led first by Auguste de Morsier and then by Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855–1939). In this period the IAF gained fresh support from periodicals. The Revue de morale sociale was dedicated to abolition. A major conference…
Autochrome portrait by Georges Chevalier, 1923
Sainte-Croix as President of the National Council of French Women
Etats généraux du féminisme 1929. Sainte-Croix is in the front row, center, looking towards the right.