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| Picture No | 11801841 |
| Date | 1894 |
| Description | The Battle of Empire - Mrs Ormiston Chant - purity party |
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Mrs Bailhache, Miss Phillips, Mrs Sheldon Amos and Mrs Laura Ormiston Chant pictured at the case brought against the Empire Theatre's promenades in 1894. Mrs Ormiston Chant, a social reformer successfully challenged the theatre and had its promenade abolished, believing it was a 'habitual resort of prostitutes in pursuit of their traffic'.
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| Source | Illustration by Boyd in The Graphic, 3 November 1894 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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