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What a lot we have to thank Barbara Bodichon and her circle for She was a charismatic but self effacing woman so she would at the very least have been perplexed by the idea of being a role model But I can t think of a better one for today Literary Review Lively 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 Goodwin Jane Robinson s admiration of Barbara s achievements and her incisive and immersive approach to writing her life story ensures that her subject catches the sun Times Literary SupplementYou 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