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Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the first feminist to change our world
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You have probably not heard of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon but you certainly should have done. Name any 'modern' human rights movement, and she was a pioneer: feminism, equal opportunities, diversity, inclusion, mental health awareness, Black Lives Matter. While her name has been omitted from too many history books, it was Barbara that opened the doors for more famous names to walk through. And her influence owed as much to who she was as to what she did: people loved her for her robust sense of humour, cheerfulness and indiscriminate acts of kindness. This is a celebration of the life of the founder of Britain's suffrage movement: campaigner for equal opportunity in the workplace, the law, at home and beyond.
- Read by
- Jane Robinson
- Genres
- History
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Audiobooks
- ISBN
- 9781529947656
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