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Josephine Butler

1828 - 1906

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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 repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, the abolition of child prostitution and an end to human trafficking of young women and children into European prostitution. Grey grew up in a well-to-do and politically connected progressive family which helped develop in her a strong social conscience and firmly held religious ideals. She married George Butler, an Anglican divine and schoolmaster, and the couple had four children, the last of whom, Eva, died falling from a banister. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josephine Butler is the 345th most popular social activist (up from 421st in 2019), the 2,503rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,894th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Josephine Butler ranks 345 out of 840. Before her are Pavel Pestel, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Katarina Taikon, Hanan Ashrawi, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, and Venetia Burney. After her are Lampião, Sylvia Pankhurst, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, M. N. Roy, Cindy Kiro, and Hazi Aslanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Josephine Butler ranks 43. Before her are Charles Foster, Rainilaiarivony, Lahiri Mahasaya, Andrew Taylor Still, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, and Maria Deraismes. After her are Heinrich von Ferstel, Leonardo Murialdo, Franjo Rački, Viktor Rydberg, René Goblet, and Herman Grimm. Among people deceased in 1906, Josephine Butler ranks 43. Before her are Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, Carlos Pellegrini, Béhanzin, Kodama Gentarō, Jean Lorrain, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury. After her are Kosta Khetagurov, Georges Rayet, Alfred Stevens, Martin Wegelius, Johann Most, and Marin Drinov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Josephine Butler ranks 2,504 out of 8,785. Before her are Alfred Ewing (1855), Robert Brown (1921), Ernest William Brown (1866), Charlotte Smith (1749), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), and William Etty (1787). After her are Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Alfred Edwards (1850), Alec Jeffreys (1950), Walter Pater (1839), Luke Howard (1772), and York Bowen (1884).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Josephine Butler ranks 23. Before her are Wat Tyler (1341), Mary Dyer (1611), Cassivellaunus (-100), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), and Venetia Burney (1918). After her are Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Charles Boycott (1832), Robert Catesby (1573), James Guillaume (1844), Mirabehn (1892), and Hereward the Wake (1035).

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