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Josephine Elizabeth Butler (née Grey; 13 April 1828 – 30 December 1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era. She campaigned for women's suffrage , the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution , and an end to human trafficking of young women and ...
Josephine Butler, c.1885 © Butler was a 19th century British social reformer, who played a major role in improving conditions for women in education and public health. Josephine Butler was...
Josephine Elizabeth Butler (1828-1906) was a Victorian feminist and social reformer who campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, the end of coverture in British law, the abolition of child prostitution, and an end to human trafficking of young women and children into prostitution.
BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth (1828 – 1906) Josephine Butler was born on 13 th April 1828 in Millfield, Northumberland, the seventh of nine surviving children of John Grey and his wife Hannah Annett. John Grey was an agricultural reformer, a leading Liberal in the English border country next to Scotland.
Jan 19, 2021 · Prev. Plough Quarterly 26: What Are Families For Essays. The Praying Feminist. Josephine Butler, a pioneer of first wave feminism, sacrificed her respectability to fight for prostitutes – because of her Christian faith. By Sarah C. Williams. January 19, 2021. Available languages: Español, Français.
May 5, 2021 · 5th May, 2021. Josephine Butler: The Victorian feminist who campaigned for the rights of prostitutes. Josephine Butler was once described as ‘the most distinguished Englishwoman of the 19th-Century’. Born in 1828, she was the leader of a national women’s political campaign – one of the very first.
