She had a difficult journey home. Her brother James
accompanied her, and several friends—Julia Smith
(also an abolitionist and the aunt of Florence Nightingale
), who had been her travelling companion along with her...
Family and Intimate relationships
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
Barbara was seven at the time; she and her four siblings were brought up by her father's youngest sister, Julia
, to whom she became very close.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press.
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Education
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
Barbara Leigh Smith, later BLSB
, and her aunt Julia Smith
enrolled in the new Bedford College for Women.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press.
