Jessie Boucherett

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An unlikely feminist in view of her wealthy and conservative background, JB was a prominent member of the Langham Place group, who established, edited, and contributed to the Englishwoman's Review during the second half of the nineteenth century. Aside from one book-length work, all of her writings were essays and articles printed in various journals and collections. Her writings deal with topics relating to women's rights, particularly the suffrage movement and women's employment.
  • BirthName: Emilia Jessie Boucherett
    Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.

Milestones

November 1825

JB , later a prominent feminist reformer, was born at Willingham in Lincolnshire; she was the youngest child in her family.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Obituary: Miss Emilia Jessie Boucherett”. Times, 21 Oct. 1905, p. 8.

By January 1866

JB acquired the Englishwoman's Review on its amalgamation with the English Woman's Journal; she became for a number of years both the editor of and a contributor to the merged periodical.
Sage, Lorna, editor. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999.

18 October 1905

JB died at North Willingham in Lincolnshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Who Was Who. A. and C. Black, 1897–2025, Many volumes.

Biography

Birth and Family

November 1825

JB , later a prominent feminist reformer, was born at Willingham in Lincolnshire; she was the youngest child in her family.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Obituary: Miss Emilia Jessie Boucherett”. Times, 21 Oct. 1905, p. 8.