ALS, 23 May [1877] to Mme. [Jessie] Mario 116 Milton St., Dorset Square NW.

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ALS, 23 May [1877] to Mme. [Jessie] Mario 116 Milton St., Dorset Square NW.

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Blackwell discusses the health of her friend, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, an artist and advocate of women's rights who was instrumental in founding Girton College for women at Cambridge University.

4 pp., 13.5 x 21. 2 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7412581

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Blackwell, Elizabeth, 1821-1910

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