"And I will be heard.”

Josephine Butler, called “the most distinguished Englishwoman of the nineteenth century,” was a well-educated and cultured woman with a husband and children.  Her decision to not only enter brothels but to advocate for prostitutes was shocking to society. She viewed her war as a “consecrated rebellion.” 

She said, “I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest … and I will be heard.”

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"Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy." Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:7