lives. While this strategy has been recognised in isolated biographies, I show Butler's auto/biography as a serial process, comparing John Grey of Dilston (1869) with Catharine of Siena (1878) to show how Butler's conceptions of herself changed significantly in the early part of her career....
Josephine Butler Victorian feminist and patron saint of prostitutes Biography by Helen Mathers, now available in paperback. ‘A clearly written, vivid account’ JUNE PURVIS ‘Helen Mathers deftly brings together the public political drama and private emotional relations of Butler’s complex, sometimes ...
(Biography)Empress,previous nameJoséphine de Beauharnais;real nameMarie Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie.1763–1814, empress of France as wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1796–1809) Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, ...
Petra De Vries (Show Biography)RoutledgeWomens History ReviewDe Vries, P. (2008) Josephine Butler and the making of feminism: International abolitionism in the Netherlands (1870-1914). Women's History Review 17(2): 257-277.Petra de Vries, “Josephine Butler and the Making of Feminism: ...
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In 1874, when the politics of London frustrated her hopes, Butler again found herself needing personal restoration, spending a year there writing a well-received biography of Catherine of Siena. During her stay, she learned about similar issues facing Italian women and started a European-wide ...
Savioz, as she was known before her marriage in 1900 to Francois Avril, became a great admirer of the work of Josephine Butler and carried on her campaigns not only in France and in international congresses, but also at the League of Nations, following World War I....