📗 Libro en inglés WHEN COURAGE CALLS: JOSEPHINE BUTLER AND THE RADICAL PURSUIT OF J USTICE FOR WOMEN

A crucial and compelling read NATALIE COLLINS GodLovesWomen The story of Josephine Butler is astonishing shocking inspiring recounted here by a narrator who understands the very core of her subject A powerful read CLAIRE GILBERT author of I Julian When Courage Calls allows us to hear Butler s message afresh at a time when women s value and safety is again at risk ALISON MILBANK Professor of Literature and Theology University of Nottingham This is an inspiring book written by an inspiring writer RACHAEL TREWEEK Bishop of Gloucester 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 In her pursuit of justice Butler did as much for women as William Wilberforce did for African slaves within the British Empire and yet while Wilberforce remains a household name Butler is forgotten Social historian Sarah C Williams presents a re examined biography of the radical political activist Josephine Butler From the beauty of her