2 quotes by Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-1891), British

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No human being has the right to be idle... Women must, as children of God, be trained to do some work in the world.

This was a virtually unheard of idea at the time.

Oh! Isn't it jolly To cast away folly And cut all one's clothes a peg shorter (A good many pegs) And rejoice in one's legs Like a free-minded Albion's daughter.

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Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

Born: April 8, 1827
Died: June 11, 1891
Nationality: British
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Biography

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon was an English educationalist and artist, and a leading mid-19th-century feminist and women's rights activist. She published her influential Brief Summary of the Laws of England concerning Women in 1854. She co-founded the English Woman's Journal in 1858.

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