JB
was educated primarily at home by a governess, her parents, and their friends and acquaintances. She studied both Italian and English literature. At some point during her life she also became fluent in French...
Family and Intimate relationships
Josephine Butler
JB
's mother, Hannah (Annett) Grey
, was of Huguenot descent. Her family had fled France to avoid religious persecution during the sixteenth century.
Boyd, Nancy. Josephine Butler, Octavia Hill, Florence Nightingale. Macmillan, 1982.
