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"Josephine Butler is one of the forgotten pioneers of womens' rights. Jane Jordan's thorough biography shows how Mrs Butler's radical views & campaigning personality were shaped by her upbringing and the loss of a daughter. She devoted her life to helping prostitutes, both through campaigns to change legislation and through direct action, the taking of desperate women into her own house & caring for them there. Supported by her husband, this lifestyle nonetheless meant sacrificing his career & what would otherwise have been an affluent lifestyle. A fascinating life; Josephine Butler is a name that should be as well known as that of the Pankhursts & deserves to be more so."
Claire Baldwin, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- fighting for social change
- women fighting for rights
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- champion of justice
Age:
- 40's-50's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
- Italy
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
- wicked men
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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