Josephine Butler

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 children into European prostitution.

Personal life
She was a Christian. Josephine married George Butler in 1852.

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Category:1828 births
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Category:British feminists
Category:English Christians
Category:English writers
Category:People from Northumberland
Category:19th-century English writers