sentences:  Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
  
  The Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was established in 1869 by Elizabeth Wolstenholme and Josephine Butler in response to the Contagious Diseases Acts that were passed by the British Parliament in 1864.The Act legalised prostitution and put the women involved under police and medical control.