# Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

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Podcast: [She Wrote Too](https://stenobird.com/podcast/she-wrote-too-6593934)
Published: 2025-05-07T16:37:23+00:00
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## Resource

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-1891) is one of 19th-century Britain’s most influential feminist campaigners, involved in women’s suffrage, female higher education, the abolition of slavery and passing of the Married Women’s Property Acts. In this episode of She Wrote Too, historian Jane Robinson tells Caroline about her biography of this impressive - yet now little-known - woman, Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the First Feminist to Change our World . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shewrotetoo.substack.com

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