Josephine Elizabeth Butler (née Grey; 13 April 1828 – 30 December 1906) was an English feminist and social reformer in the Victorian era.

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 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 …

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 …

Josephine Butler was a social reformer and champion of women’s rights. She is particularly noted for her work with prostitutes and was the most prominent figure in the successful campaign to …

President of the Ladies National Association who led a successful campaign to repeal the British Contagious Diseases Acts, which subjected women suspected of prostitution to enforced …

2021年5月5日 · 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 …

1996年6月6日 · In the history of British feminism, Josephine Butler occupies a marginal position; She has been overshadowed as a feminist pioneer by the dramas surrounding Florence …

Josephine Butler (1828–1908) lived a life immersed in prayer. Prayer emerges in her writing as an intimate dialogue with Christ but also as the pivotal dynamic in a radical social and political …

After moving to Liverpool in 1866 following the death of her daughter Eva, Josephine became involved in ‘rescue’ work with prostitutes and other ‘fallen women’ to help her overcome her …