What a lot we have to thank Barbara Bodichon and her circle for. She was a charismatic but selfeffacing woman so she would at the very least have been perplexed by the idea of being a role model. But I cant think of a better one for today. Literary ReviewLively and well researched ... [Bodichon] was a vital cog in the wheel of social change for women. Her energy is contagious. The TimesJane Robinson is brilliant at putting the women back into history and her biography of Barbara Leigh Bodichon, a Victorian feminist we should all be grateful to, is as entertaining as it is necessary. Daisy GoodwinJane Robinsons admiration of [Barbaras] achievements, and her incisive and immersive approach to writing her life story, ensures that her subject catches the sun. Times Literary SupplementAn overdue tribute to an unsung feminist pioneer . . . Robinson gives a buoyant, skilfully managed account that is undeniably moving. Financial TimesYou have probably not heard of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon but you certainly should have done.Name any modern human rights movement, and she was a pioneer feminism, equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, mental health awareness, Black Lives Matter. While her name has been omitted from too many history books, it was Barbara that opened the doors for more famous names to walk through. And her influence owed as much to who she was as to what she did people loved her for her robust sense of humour, cheerfulness and indiscriminate acts of...

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