Josephine Butler Bibliography
Butler's first full-length publication was Memoir of John Grey of Dilston, detailing the life of her father, John Grey, which she wrote following his death. She also wrote a monograph of her husband George in 1892 after his death two years previously. In 1878 Butler published a third biography, this time of Catharine of Siena, which Glen Petrie—Butler's biographer—wrote was probably her best work. Another historian, Judith Walkowitz, considers the work as providing Butler with a "historical justification for her own political activism". Over a period of at least 40 years Butler wrote over 90 books and pamphlets, mostly in support of her campaigning work; because of her campaigning on mainland Europe, some of Butler's works—based on her speeches—were written in French and German, and were published in France, Germany and Switzerland.
Books
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Title | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher |
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Memoir of John Grey of Dilston | 1869 | Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas |
The Constitution Violated | 1871 | Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas |
Une voix dans le desert | 1875 | Paris: Sandoz et Fischbacher |
The Hour Before the Dawn | 1876 | London: Trubner and Co |
Catharine of Siena | 1878 | London: Dyer Bros |
Social Purity | 1879 | London: Morgan & Scott |
The Salvation Army in Switzerland | 1883 | London: Dyer Bros |
Life of J F Oberlin | 1883 | London: Religious Tract Society |
The Bright Side of the Question | 1883 | Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith |
Rebecca Jarrett | 1885 | London: Morgan & Scott |
Recollections of George Butler | 1892 | Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith |
Personal Reminiscences of a Great Crusade | 1896 | London: Horace Marshall |
Truth Before Everything | 1898 | London: Dyer Bros |
Prophets and Prophetesses | 1898 | London: Dyer Bros |
Native Races and the War | 1900 | London: Gay & Bird |
In Memoriam, Harriet Meuricoffre | 1901 | London: Horace Marshall |
Miscellany
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Title | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher | Notes |
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Women's Work and Women's Culture | 1869 | London: Macmillan | Introduction only |
"The Paris of Regulated Vice" | 1877 | London: Methodist Protest | Newspaper article |
The Dawn | 1888 | London: Burfoot | Quarterly publication; Butler wrote for The Dawn between 1888 and 1896 |
"Woman's Place in Church Work" | 1892 | London: Review of the Churches | Newspaper article |
"Letter to Conference in London" | 1897 | London: The Shield | Newspaper article |
The Storm-Bell | 1898 | London: Burfoot | Monthly publication; Butler wrote for The Storm-Bell between 1898 and 1900 |
"Receiving" | 1900 | London: Wings | Newspaper article |
"Reflexíons sur la Federation" | 1902 | Revue du Christianisme Social | Newspaper article |
Pamphlets
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Title | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher |
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"The Education and Employment of Women" | 1868 | London: Macmillan |
"An Appeal to the People of England on the Recognition and Superintendence of Prostitution by Governments" | 1870 | Nottingham: Banks |
"On the Moral Reclaimability of Prostitutes" | 1870 | London: The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts |
"The Duty of Women in Relation to Our Great Social Evil, and Recent Legislation Thereupon" | 1870 | Carlisle: Hudson Scott |
"Sursum Corda: Annual Address to the Ladies' National Association" | 1871 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"The Constitutional Iniquity of the Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and 69" | 1871 | London: The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts |
"Address Delivered in Craigie Hall" | 1871 | Manchester: A Ireland & Co |
"Address Delivered at Croydon" | 1871 | London: The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts |
"Vox Populi" | 1871 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"Letter to my Countrywomen, Dwelling in the Farmsteads and Cottages of England" | 1871 | Manchester: A Ireland & Co |
"Letter to the Order of Good Templars" | 1871 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"The New Era: Containing a Retrospect of the History of the Regulation System in Berlin" | 1872 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"On the Subject of Mr. Bruce's Bill" | 1872 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"A Few Words Addressed to True-Hearted Women" | 1872 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"Letter to a Friend on a Recent Division in the House of Commons" | 1873 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"Legislative Restrictions on the Industry of Women, Considered From the Women's Point of View" | 1873 | London: Personal Rights Association |
"Some Thoughts on the Present Aspect of the Crusade Against the State Regulation of Vice" | 1874 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"Speech at Bristol to the Vigilance Association" | 1874 | London: F Bell & Co |
"A Letter to the Members of the Ladies' National Association" | 1875 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"State Regulation of Vice" | 1876 | Hull |
"The New Abolitionists" | 1876 | London: Dyer Bros |
"Adieux a Genève" | 1877 | Geneva |
"Discours prononcé a l'hôtel Wagram" | 1877 | Paris |
"Discours prononcé dans la Salle de la rue d' Arras" | 1877 | Paris |
"Discours prononcé dans la Chapelle Malesherbes" | 1877 | Paris |
"Discours prononcé dans la Salle de la Redonte" | 1877 | Paris |
"Ceux qui prient" | 1878 | Paris |
"Government by Police" | 1879 | London: Dyer Bros |
"Souvenir des réunions à Vevey" | 1879 | Fontaines |
"Depositions Regarding Treatment of English Girls in Immoral Houses in Brussels" | 1880 | Private |
"Extrait d'une lettre a I'occasion des investigations de M.X. & Bruxelles" | 1880 | Neuchâtel |
"Discours au Congrès de Génes: La traite des blanches" | 1880 | Paris |
"Discours au Congrès de Génes: Des lois sur le vagabondage" | 1880 | Paris |
"Discours au Congrès de Génes: La provocation" | 1880 | Paris |
"Discours prononcé à l'issue du Congrès de Génes" | 1880 | Paris |
"Address at Tenth Anniversary of L.N.A." | 1880 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"A Call to Action" | 1881 | Birmingham: Hudson |
"Address at the Conference of Women at Geneva" | 1881 | London: Hazell, Watson and Viney |
"Letter to the Mothers of England" | 1881 | Liverpool: Brakell |
"Lettre d'une Mère" | 1881 | Neuchâtel |
"Lettre à ses amis et compagnons d'auvre" | 1882 | Neuchâtel |
"Allocution dans la séance d'ouverture de la Conférence de Neuchâtel" | 1882 | Neuchâtel |
"Allocution à la Chapelle de la Place d'Armes" | 1882 | Neuchâtel |
"Discours d'Adieux a la Conference de Neuchâtel" | 1882 | Neuchâtel |
"Dangers of Constructive Legislation in Matters of Purity" | 1883 | Bristol: Arrowsmith |
"The Bright Side of the Question" | 1883 | Bristol: Arrowsmith |
"Questions morales" | 1883 | Lausanne |
"Appel aux dames présentes au Congrès de La Haye" | 1883 | Neuchâtel |
"Discours dans la sèance d'ouverture du Congrès de La Haye" | 1883 | Neuchâtel |
"Le point du jour" | 1883 | Neuchâtel |
"Allocution aux femmes de Gènes" | 1883 | Neuchâtel |
"The Principles of the Abolitionists" | 1885 | London: Dyer Bros |
"The Work of the Federation" | 1885 | London: International Abolitionist Federation |
"Marion, histoire veritable" | 1885 | Neuchâtel |
"L'œuvre du relèvement moral: Discours prononcé à Naples" | 1886 | Geneva |
"Our Christianity Tested by the Irish Question" | 1887 | London: T. Fisher Unwin |
"The Revival and Extension of the Abolitionist Cause" | 1887 | Winchester: Doswell |
"Letter to International Convention of Women at Washington" | 1888 | London: Morgan & Scott |
"Zwei Vortrage uber das staatlich regulierte Laster" | 1888 | Mülheim |
"Letter to World's Women's Christian Temperance Union" | 1892 | Bristol |
"St. Agnes" | 1893 | London: J Cox |
"The Present Aspect of the Abolitionist Cause in Relation to British India" | 1893 | London: International Abolitionist Federation |
"The Lady of Shunem" | 1894 | London: Horace Marshall |
"The Constitutional Iniquity" | 1895 | London: International Abolitionist Federation |
"Lettre a Madame Duplan" | 1895 | Lausanne |
"Two Letters of Earnest Appeal and Warning" | 1895 | London: International Abolitionist Federation |
"A Doomed Iniquity" | 1896 | London: International Abolitionist Federation |
"Address to the L.N.A." | 1896 | Bristol: Arrowsmith |
"Lettre a une ami sur la lutte contre la reglementation dans I'Inde" | 1897 | – |
"Some Lessons from Contemporary History" | 1898 | London: Friends' Association |
"Silent Victories" | 1900 | London: Burfoot |
"L'emancipation telle que je l'ai apprise" | 1900 | Neuchâtel |
"La cause de la femme et I'avenir du foyer" | 1900 | Geneva |
"Souvenirs humblement recommandes aux amis de la femme reunis a Paris" | 1900 | Geneva |
"The Morning Cometh" | 1903 | Newcastle: Grierson |
"Lettre aux Membres de la Commission administrative de la Federation" | 1904 | – |