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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

(Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891)

Barbara Bodichon (1827-1891) from a sketch made in 1861.
Portrait by Samuel Lawrence (crayon drawing, 1880)

Museum of Hastings; Girton College, Cambridge

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (born Barbara Leigh Smith; 8 April 1827 – 11 June 1891) was an English educationalist and artist, a philanthropist and her greatest skill was as a facilitator. She was a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights activist. She published her influential A Brief Summary of the Laws of England Concerning Women in 1854 and the English Woman's Journal in 1858. Bodichon co-founded Girton College, Cambridge (1869). Her brother was the Arctic explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith. (From Wikipedia)

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Books by Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon:

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women (HTML at Indiana)
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered (HTML at Indiana)
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: Reasons For and Against the Enfranchisement of Women (HTML at Indiana)

Additional books by Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon in the extended shelves:

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: A brief summary in plain language of the most important laws concerning women : together with a few observations thereon (Gutenberg ebook)
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: A brief summary, in plain language, of the most important laws of England concerning women, together with a few observations thereon. (Trübner & co., 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891: Reasons for the enfranchisement of women (Chambers of the Social Science Association, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)

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