The Sunlight League

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The Sunlight League was founded in England in 1924 by C. W. Saleeby. Its aim was: "to point to the light of day, to advocate its use for the cure of disease—"helio-therapy"; and, immeasurably better, for preventive medicine and constructive health, the building of whole and happy bodies from the cradle and before it, which we may call helio-hygiene".{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/17th-may-1924/14/the-sunlight-league |title=THE SUNLIGHT LEAGUE. » 16 May 1924 » The Spectator Archive |website=Archive.spectator.co.uk |date=16 May 1924 |accessdate=5 March 2016}}

The League was closely associated with the Men's Dress Reform Party. It was also an early campaigner against air pollution from coal smoke.{{cite web|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/14th-june-1924/14/the-sunlight-league |title=THE SUNLIGHT LEAGUE. » 13 Jun 1924 » The Spectator Archive |website=Archive.spectator.co.uk |date=13 June 1924 |accessdate=5 March 2016}} Although the Sunlight League did not overtly promote nudism Saleeby did confide to friends that the idea behind it was to stimulate the nudist movement.{{cite book|last=Carr-Gomm|first=Philip |title=A Brief History of Nakedness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1rwBFAz-En0C&pg=PA160|year=2012|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=978-1-86189-729-9|pages=160–}}

The League was dissolved in 1940, following after a bomb destroyed their offices and the death of its founder, Dr. Saleeby.