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Her long term connection with the women's movement allowed her to write her history of the Victorian women's suffrage campaign, ''Women's suffrage: a record of the women's suffrage movement in the British Isles, with biographical sketches of [[Lydia Becker|Miss Becker]]'', finished in 1902, shortly before her death the following year, at Greycoat Gardens, [[Westminster]], on 11 January 1903, aged 60, and was buried at Brompton cemetery.{{sfn|Smith|1912}} She left her archives, and the decorated book collection, to [[Girton College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866–1928|author=Elizabeth Crawford|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2001|ISBN=0415239265|page=90}}</ref> Her will also made provisions for establishing a loan fund for training young women.{{sfn|Smith|1912}}
==Recognition==
Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the [[plinth]] of the [[statue of Millicent Fawcett]] in [[Parliament Square]], London.<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-statue-of-suffragist-leader-millicent-fawcett-unveiled-in-parliament-square|title=Historic statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett unveiled in Parliament Square|publisher=Gov.uk|accessdate=24 April 2018|date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/24/first-statue-of-a-woman-in-parliament-square-millicent-fawcett|title=First statue of a woman in Parliament Square unveiled|work=The Guardian|date=24 April 2018|accessdate=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/women/millicent-fawcett-statue-parliament-square-london-caroline-criado-perez/ |title=Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling: the women and men whose names will be on the plinth |publisher=iNews |date= |accessdate=2018-04-25}}</ref>
==Works==
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