Josephine Butler

The charismatic campaigner who fought Victorian exploitation of vulnerable women, and the State organisation of prostitution

HELEN MATHERS has a PhD in history from the University of Sheffield and has taught many courses on Victorian and women's history as an associate lecturer. She currently teaches for the Open University. A member of the Society of Authors since 2006, Helen is the author of Born in Sheffield: A History of the Women's Health Services 1864-2000 and Steel City Scholars: The Centenary History of the University of Sheffield. Helen began research on Josephine Butler in the late 1990s and has published three articles and given talks about her.