Josephine Butler Av Jane Robinson

The charismatic campaigner who fought Victorian exploitation of vulnerable women, and the State organisation of prostitution

<p>Millicent Fawcett, the leader of the British suffragist movement, described Josephine Butler as ''the most distinguished English woman of the nineteenth century''. Among the first feminist activists, Butler raised public awareness...

To coincide with the bicentenary of Jane Austen's death ( and her appearance on English banknotes ) in July 2017, this illuminating account of the novelist's life is told with particular reference to the great men and women who inspired and...