Josephine Butler

Josephine Butler
Butler in 1851, portrait by George Richmond
Born	Josephine Elizabeth Grey (1828-04-13)13 April 1828 Milfield, Northumberland, England, UK
Died	30 December 1906(1906-12-30) (aged 78) England, UK
Cause of death	Natural death
Nationality	British
Occupation	Social worker
Years active	1869–1886
Known for	Victorian feminist Contagious Diseases Acts
Spouse	George Butler (m. 1852 – 1890 [his death])
Children	George Butler Arthur Charles Butler Charles Augustin Vaughan Butler Evangeline Mary Butler (1859–1864)
Parent(s)	John Grey (1785–1868) Hannah Eliza Annett (1792 – 15 May 1860)

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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