biography
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Bodichon, Barbara
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née Leigh Smith
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1827–90)
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| biography:
| Advocate of women's rights, born in London, UK. She studied at Bedford College, London, and in 1852 opened a primary school in London. She wrote Women at Work (1857) and was a founder of the feminist magazine The Englishwoman's Journal (1858). She was one of the founders of the college for women that became Girton College, Cambridge. |
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