Event Start Date: 12 October 2025

 

We are delighted to welcome Jane Robinson (English, 1978) to talk about her most recent book, Trailblazer, a life of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the first feminist to change our world.

Professional artist Barbara Bodichon fought for equal opportunity in the workplace, the law, the polling booth, at home, and in the world beyond the kitchen or the drawing-room; she founded the first university college for women; the first women’s suffrage society; was fervently against slavery of all kinds, and a committed activist for human rights. Somervillian Jane Robinson’s acclaimed new biography celebrates a true pioneer, and is just coming out from Penguin in paperback.  

Booking for the talk and afternoon tea is now open. Please do join us in person at 2pm on Sunday 12th October, in the Margaret Thatcher Centre, for Jane’s talk. This event will also be hybrid, and you can book to join for the talk remotely; this option is free.

Booking is now closed

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