Description: Josephine Butler : A Very Brief History, Hardcover by Robinson, Jane, ISBN 0281080623, ISBN-13 9780281080625, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
When Josephine Butler died in 1906, she was declared by Millicent Fawcett to have been 'the most distinguished Englishwoman of the nineteenth century’. With impassioned speeches and fiery writing, Butler’s campaigns for women’s rights shook Victorian society to its core and became a force for change that has shaped modern Britain.
As well as campaigning for women’s suffrage and for married women’s property rights she was a tireless advocate of women’s access to higher education and of equality in the workplace. Her greatest achievement was to change social attitudes to women and children forced into prostitution, and to expose the sex-trafficking business – both of which resulted in new, more humane legislation.
But how did the physically frail wife of a schoolmaster become a leading social reformer? In this brief introduction Jane Robinson explores Butler’s fascinating life and describes how her progressive politics, her anger at injustice and her passionate Christianity combined to create a vibrant legacy that lasts to this day.
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Book Title: Josephine Butler : a Very Brief History
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Spck Publishing
Publication Year: 2020
Topic: Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Author: Jane Robinson
Item Length: 7.5 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Hardcover
