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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 Times

Jane 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 Supplement

''An overdue tribute to an unsung feminist pioneer . . . Robinson gives a buoyant, skilfully managed account that is undenia

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Transworld
      Published 2/22/2024
      ISBN-13 9780857527776
      978-0857527776
      ISBN-10 857527770
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''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 Times

      Jane 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 Supplement

      ''An overdue tribute to an unsung feminist pioneer . . . Robinson gives a buoyant, skilfully managed account that is undenia

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