Whores Aboard and Laws Abroad: English Women and Sexual Slander in Early Colonial New South Wales.

In the nineteenth century, a gendered reform movement – the Slander of Women Acts – swept through the British common law world, making it easier for women to sue for defamatory allegations of sexual immorality. By examining two slander cases brought by women in early New South Wales and radical refo...

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Published in:	Gender & History Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 916 - 935
Main Author:	Lake, Jessica
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Oct2023
Subjects:	Libel & slander Sex workers Human sexuality & law Social problems Common law History & gender New South Wales
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost