Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a 19th century British social reformer and feminist who campaigned for the education and betterment of prostitutes and socially deprived women of her era. She was born into a very respectable and prosperous family and had a pretty luxurious and fulfilling childhood. Her father, John Grey, was an expert agriculturist and the cousin of Britain's former Prime Minister Charles Grey and her mother, Hannah Eliza Annett, was the source of Josephine's early education. The Grey family were staunch supporters of the anti-slavery campaigns and through John, the kids learnt about the tortures and atrocities levied upon the humans who were sold as slaves. Josephine was particularly appalled by the stories of female slaves who were impregnated by their masters and then left to survive on their own. Taking forward her family's existent passion for reform, she took up campaigning and writing letters and pamphlets to generate awareness. She married George Butler and the couple complemented each other in every possible way. George was a tutor at Oxford and a firm believer in equal rights for men and women and the abolishment of slavery. The couple had four kids, and the loss of their youngest kid spurred Josephine into becoming an active social reformer