Once called ‘the most distinguished Englishwoman of the nineteenth century’

Josephine Butler is hardly remembered today, shrouded in the mist of history, despite being one of the
greatest Christian social reformers Britain has ever known. Today, in light of the Epstein
files and the scourge of modern smuggling and sex trafficking, is it time to rediscover the
legacy of this extraordinary woman (native to Cheltenham and Oxford) who stood up to a
partriarchal establishment to pave the way for the system of justice we treasure today?