When Courage Calls: Josephine Butler and the Radical Pursuit of Justice for Women

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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 of the plight of destitute women, worked to address human trafficking and led a vigorous campaign to secure equal rights for women before the law. As a hugely influential woman in history, Butler deserves to be even more widely known. This biography presents a fresh interpretation of the relationship between Josephine Butler's public leadership, her political philosophy and her spirituality.An important distinctive of this book is the way it seeks to hold together separate literatures that rarely cross-refer. On the one hand, this book is based on careful historical research. It stands as an important contribution to the existing scholarly literature and in this sense, it will be of interest to scholars, teachers and students working in areas of feminist studies and 19th century social history and the history of sexuality. On the other hand, this book is written in an accessible narrative style with a deliberate goal of introducing the academic specialism of Butler studies to a wide, non-specialist audience. Butler's life is colourful and exciting, and as the subject of a general popular biography, she has wide appeal. Whilst keeping robust scholarship at the core, this book engages in active story-telling bringing Butler's thought to life for a general audience.