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“... powers, and she gradually withdrew from public activity in the years leading to her death in 1891. Pam Hirsch wonders whether this was a reason for the continuing underestimation of her impact on 19th-century feminism. Had she died at the height of her reputation, she might have been more warmly judged. Perhaps the diverse nature of her activities has ...”

“... marriage. Since the LRB was founded, two biographies have appeared and been reviewed in its pages. Pam Hirsch’s will, deservedly, remain the standard account. But Robinson’s is a treatment for our times. It is a love letter to Bodichon. Robinson’s enthusiastic authorial presence regularly demolishes the literary equivalent of the fourth wall. Her ...”