Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade

Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade Josephine Butler (Liverpool, 1874) Though before the timid counsels Truth and Right may seem to fail, God hath bathed his sword…

The Lovers of the Lost

The Lovers of the Lost Josephine Butler, The Contemporary Review 13 (1870) pp. 20-23 There are many who will ever believe the restoration of fallen women to be a useless and undesirable…

The Double Standard of Morality

The Double Standard of Morality Josephine Butler, The Philanthropist (October, 1886) As a floating straw indicates the flow of the tide, so there are certain expressions that have become almost proverbial and…