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

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.

About the author

Sarah C. Williams is a highly respected social historian. A specialist in 19th and 20th-century cultural and religious history, she has taught on Butler in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the US as well as Britain. Having taught history at the University of Oxford; she moved to Regent College, Vancouver, teaching the History of Christianity to graduate students from all over the world. Having now returned to England, Williams remains a research Professor at Regent College.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Williams, Sarah C Williams, Sarah C. Williams
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.03.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
• EAN: 9781399803731
• ISBN: 978-1-399-80373-1
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions (packing): 15.8 x 23.6 x 3.4 cm
• Subjects: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Feminism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), East India Company, Human trafficking, queen of england, William Gladstone, Social and cultural history, Biography: religious and spiritual, Feminism and feminist theory, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), women’s rights, religious history, gender equality and justice, Salvation Army, Gisele Pelicot, child loss, Victorian society, Victorian history, Bible society, lucy worsley, a n wilson, fight against slavery, intercession intercessory prayer, Cheltenham college, christian women in history, New Abolitionists, Oxford University in Victorian England, Reverend George Butler, Ladies National Association, Women’s Work, Women’s Culture, politics in victorian britian, campaign for rights, victorian workhouse, Italian Risorgimento, The Education and the Employment of Women, history of prostitution, victorian prostitutes, Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, Bristol history, Jesus and women, Millicient Fawcett, suffragist suffragettes, International Women's Day 2025, loss of a child grief books