Papers of Barbara McCrimmon related to Barbara Bodichon [née Leigh Smith] 1826-1989

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Papers of Barbara McCrimmon related to Barbara Bodichon [née Leigh Smith] 1826-1989

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb106-7bmc

1 A box (80 items)

eng,

The Women' s Library

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McCrimmon Barbara fl 1992

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Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891

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Barbara Bodichon (nee Leigh Smith) was born on 8 April 1827 at Whatlington, Sussex, sister of the Arctic explorer, Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913). She was educated privately and studied political economy, law and art at Bedford Square Ladies College, London, becoming a painter of some renown. After receiving an endowment from her father, she established her own progressive school in London, later known as the Portman Hall School. During the 1850s, she concentrated on the campaign ...