On the issue of equality: "I never myself viewed this question as fundamentally any more a
woman's question than it is a man's. The Legislation we opposed secured theen slavement of
women and the increased immorality of men; and history and experience alike teach us that
these two results are never separated."

Letter of Mrs. Josephine E. Butler to the International Council of Women at Washington. Mrs.
Butler's Appeal to the Women of America.Addressed to the International Council of Women. 1888