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GCPP Parkes 5/87

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Letter from Bessie Parkes to Barbara Bodichon, addressed from 17 Wimpole Street, 1859-01-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 5/87
Scope and Contents Bessie writes of the following: Elizabeth Blackwell's visits to the English Woman's Journal office; Florence Nightingale and the Countess de Noailles; her response to criticism of timidity in establishing the EWJ; a visit to Louisa Fellowes; a promise by W Cookson of help for the EWJ and subsequent involvement with affairs at Langham Place; Max Hays as co-editor of the EWJ; the degree of success of the women's rights movement in Britain; serious illness of the winter of 1858-59; employment...
Dates: 1859-01-05