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Josephine Butler

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Profession
Activist
Died
Dec 30, 1906
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Born in
England
About
Remembered for her Victorian-era social reform work on behalf of women and female prostitutes, this activist and evangelical Christian fought to abolish the Contagious Diseases Acts, which were destructive to young, vulnerable women. Also an author, she published works such as The Education and Employment of Women and The Constitution Violated.
Family
She grew up in Northumberland, England, as the daughter of Hannah Eliza Annett and John Grey. Her nearly four-decade marriage to George Butler resulted in three sons and one daughter.

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