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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
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Standard Name: Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith
Birth Name: Barbara Leigh Smith
Married Name: Barbara Bodichon
BLSB
's literary work emerged from her convictions as a feminist. Her accounts of women's political, legal, and educational disabilities (in lectures, pamphlets, and an important periodical) played a crucial role in mid-Victorian legal reform and the campaigns for improved employment and educational opportunities for women. She also published a travel diary.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Bessie Rayner Parkes | Some historians have speculated about BRP
's sexuality. As a young adult she built a romantic friendship with Barbara Leigh Smith (later Bodichon)
which was for years the most important relationship of her life. It... |
| death | Adelaide Procter | Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
wrote of her grief to Bessie Rayner Parkes
: Adelaide's death is as a light gone from among us. Hirsch, Pam. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon 1827-1891: Feminist, Artist and Rebel. Chatto and Windus, 1998. 210 |
| death | Anna Brownell Jameson | In November 1859, ABJ
wrote to Barbara Bodichon
complaining of fatigue: what an old woman I felt to have grown! qtd. in Johnston, Judith. Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters. Scolar Press, 1997. 8 |
| Dedications | Bessie Rayner Parkes | BRP
published Poems, a volume dedicated to Barbara Leigh Smith
. Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995. 136 Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001. 240: 184 |
| Dedications | Bessie Rayner Parkes | This collection is dedicated to an unnamed critic who in all likelihood is Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
. BRP
begins the dedication, Those whom these poems may concern Will each their own true portion know... |
| Education | Edith Craig | Craig then was tutored privately at Dixton Manor Hall at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, the home of Mrs Cole's sister, Elizabeth Malleson
. Malleson had been an active member of the women's suffrage movement since... |
| Education | Jessie White Mario | In 1857 JWM
recounted these failed admission attempts in a letter to women's rights advocate Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
. Bodichon relates JWM
's struggle in Women and Work (1857). Daniels, Elizabeth Adams. Jessie White Mario: Risorgimento Revolutionary. Ohio University Press, 1972. 41 O’Connor, Maura. The Romance of Italy and the English Political Imagination. St Martin’s Press, 1998. 98 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Hannah Cullwick | She was thirty-nine years old when they married, and he forty-four. Hudson, Derek, and Arthur Joseph Munby. Munby, Man of Two Worlds. J. Murray, 1972. 318 Cullwick, Hannah. “Introduction and Notes”. The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant, edited by Liz Stanley, Rutgers University Press, 1984, pp. 1 - 28, passim. 188 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Bessie Rayner Parkes | While visiting Hastings, the teenage BRP
began a lifelong friendship with Barbara Leigh Smith
. Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press, 1985–2024, 2 vols. Armstrong, Isobel et al., editors. Nineteenth-Century Women Poets. Clarendon Press, 1996. 510 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Siddal | ES
's initial engagement to Rossetti, who was involved with a series of other women, ended in the spring of 1858. However, the two were reunited by Ruskin two years later, and Rossetti finally married... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Florence Nightingale | FN
's first cousins included Hilary Bonham-Carter
and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
. Bodichon and her siblings, being born out of wedlock, were largely ignored by the Nightingales. However, FN
and Bodichon corresponded later in life. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | Lewes was married. He and his wife had agreed as rational free-thinkers that monogamy was unnatural. He had thus tolerated her relationship with his friend Thornton Hunt
, and supported her children by Hunt, who... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Bessie Rayner Parkes | Around this period in her life, BRP
ended a relationship with a suitor, her cousin Samuel Blackwell
, who had persisted in seeking her hand in marriage for more than ten years. Her daughter
classifies... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Bessie Rayner Parkes | While staying at the chalet BRP
met and fell in love with Louis Belloc
, Louise Belloc's only son. Louis was two years her junior and had had his promising career as a lawyer interrupted... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Gaskell | By 1852, EG
's strong nucleus of important female friends included Barbara Leigh Smith
, Bessie Parkes
, Adelaide Procter
, Octavia
and Miranda Hill
, and Harriet Martineau
. Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber, 1993. 311 |
Timeline
1854: Artists Anna Mary Howitt and Barbara Leigh...
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1854
Artists Anna Mary Howitt
and Barbara Leigh Smith
were invited to join the Pre-Raphaelite Portfolio Club
, a group which offered critical appraisals of members' work.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
41
December 1855: Barbara Leigh Smith, later Bodichon, founded...
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December 1855
Barbara Leigh Smith
, later Bodichon, founded the Married Women's Property Committee
(sometimes called the Women's Committee) to draw up a petition for a married women's property bill.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
78-9
Shanley, Mary Lyndon. Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England. Princeton University Press, 1989.
32-3
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
245-8
February 1856: Matthew Davenport Hill distributed Barbara...
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February 1856
Matthew Davenport Hill
distributed Barbara Leigh Smith
's A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women to the Personal Laws Committee
of the Law Amendment Society
.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
85
February 1856: The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation...
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February 1856
The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation of the Honourable, the Progressive and the Beautiful, began fortnightly publication, advertising itself as Edited and published by Ladies.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
589
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
589
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
1
Rendall, Jane. “A Moral Engine? Feminism, Liberalism and the English Womans JournalEqual or Different: Womens Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 112-38.
115-16
1857: The Society of Female Artists was founde...
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1857
The Society of Female Artists
was founded.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
29
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
72, 79-80
Hirsch, Pam. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon 1827-1891: Feminist, Artist and Rebel. Chatto and Windus, 1998.
148
February 1858: Bessie Rayner Parkes described to George...
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February 1858
Bessie Rayner Parkes
described to George Eliot
, in a letter, the limited company established by the Langham Place group to support The English Woman's Journal.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
134
Rendall, Jane. “A Moral Engine? Feminism, Liberalism and the English Womans JournalEqual or Different: Womens Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 112-38.
118-9
March 1858: The English Woman's Journal, a monthly magazine...
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March 1858
The English Woman's Journal, a monthly magazine on the theory and practice of organised feminism, began publication in London, with financial support from Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
and others, under the editorship of...
Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...
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Late 1859
The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
August 1864: The English Woman's Journal, a practical...
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August 1864
The English Woman's Journal, a practical and theoretical source of organized feminism from London, merged into The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal.
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.
under Anna Brownell Jameson
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
1-2
23 May 1865: The Kensington Society, a quarterly women's...
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23 May 1865
The Kensington Society
, a quarterly women's discussion group devoted to social and political issues, held its inaugural meeting in London.
Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
106, 147
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
150
7 June 1866: John Stuart Mill presented to the House of...
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7 June 1866
John Stuart Mill
presented to the House of Commons
a suffrage petition signed by 1,499 women, drafted by Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
, Jessie Boucherett
, and Emily Davies
.
Rover, Constance. Women’s Suffrage and Party Politics in Britain, 1866-1914. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967.
2, 5, 218
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
7
Autumn 1867: The London National Society for Women's Suffrage...
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Autumn 1867
The London National Society for Women's Suffrage
was formed under the direction of Frances Power Cobbe
, Millicent Garrett Fawcett
, and others.
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett. What I Remember. Hyperion Press, 1976.
221
Blackburn, Helen. Women’s Suffrage. Facsimile Edition, Source Book Press, 1970.
63-4
Kent, Susan Kingsley. Sex and Suffrage in Britain, 1860-1914. Princeton University Press, 1987.
186
Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol.
2
, No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24. 20
1868: The report of the Schools Inquiry or Taunton...
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1868
The report of the Schools Inquiry
or Taunton Commission supported the view of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
, Emily Davies
, and others that girls' education required reform.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 25th ed., G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1911.
447
Spender, Dale, editor. The Education Papers. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
141
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
174-5
18 August 1882: The Married Women's Property Act gave women...
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18 August 1882
The Married Women's Property Act gave women the right to all the property they earned or acquired before or during marriage.
Holcombe, Lee. Wives and Property: Reform of the Married Women’s Property Law in Nineteenth-Century England. University of Toronto Press, 1983.
256
Soldon, Norbert. Women in British Trade Unions 1874-1976. Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
7
Weeks, Jeffrey. Sex, Politics and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality since 1800. Longman, 1981.
82
Hurwitz, Edith F., and Renate Bridenthal. “The International Sisterhood”. Becoming Visible: Women in European History, edited by Claudia Koonz, Houghton Mifflin, 1977, pp. 325-4.
353
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.
“Property Rights of Women”. What You Need to Know About Women’s History.
Blackstone, Sir William, and Edward Christian. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 15th ed., Vol.
4 vols.
, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. Roberts, Marie Mulvey, and Tamae Mizuta, editors. The Wives: The Rights of Married Women. Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1994, http://University of Waterloo - Porter.
Lacey, Candida Ann, editor. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group. Routledge, 1987.
15, 17 June 2011: The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS) released...
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15, 17 June 2011
The Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
released a digitized version of documents, photos, banners, and personal mementoes from the struggle of British women for suffrage, housed at the Women's Library
and the British parliamentary
archives.
Doherty, Teresa. Emails to the Women’s History Network. 15 June 2011.
Texts
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women. John Chapman, 1854.
Bodichon, Eugène. Algeria Considered as a Winter Residence for the English. Editor Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1st ed., English Woman’s Journal Office, 1858.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. An American Diary, 1857-8. Editor Reed, Joseph W., Jr, 1st ed., Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. “Middle Class Schools for Girls”. English Woman’s Journal.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered. Bale, 1866.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. Reasons For and Against the Enfranchisement of Women. National Society for Women’s Suffrage, 1872.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. Reasons for the Enfranchisement of Women. Chambers of the Social Science Association, 1866.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith. “Women and Work”. Waverly Journal.
Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, and Catharine Maria Sedgwick. Women and Work. C. M. Francis, 1859.