In 1866 she formed the Women’s Suffrage Committee. Its members penned a suffrage petition, signed by 1,500 women, which J.S. Mill agreed to present to the House of Commons on their behalf. On 7 June the committee chose Emily Davies and Elizabeth Garrett to carry the large roll of parchment into Westminster. Bodichon is mostly remembered for her efforts in raising funds for the first women’s college in Cambridge. Girton College was opened in 1873, although its female students were not allowed full participation in the university until 1948.
