There is a weak and prostrate figure lying at our door. Her hands are on the threshold, flung forward in mute appeal. On one side of the door are the powers of hell. On the other side, in their safe dwelling place, the selfish sleepers to whom the pale cold hands appeal in vain.
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How Josephine Butler’s advocacy benefitted a girl called Nancy
On a routine errand, thirteen year old Nancy was arrested, tied down and "surgically raped" by being made to undergo a vaginal examination.Josephine Butler a nineteenth century Christian advocate, helped Nancy get safe.