Madame Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix, the Josephine Butler of France.

This article discusses the contributions of Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix (1855-1939), a very important early twentieth-century French feminist, to the campaigns against regulated prostitution. Savioz, as she was known before her marriage in 1900 to Francois Avril, became a great admirer of the work of Josephine Butler and carried on her campaigns not only in France and in international congresses, but also at the League of Nations, following World War I. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]