Contagious Diseases Acts

Poster, printed, paper, monochrome. Text reads: It appears from the handbills issued by Mr Childers this morning, that he is afraid to meet us. And answer our questions on the Contagious Diseases Acts. Mrs Butler requests the women of Pontefract to meet her at the Large Room in Southgate this evening at Seven O'Clock, where she will show that the Bill Mr Childers purports to support, while pretending to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts, is an extension of them to the whole country. Also that the Government to which he belongs has extended these Acts to the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Empire. Josephine Butler, Hon Sec of the Ladies' National Association'.