13 Facts About Alicia Little

Alicia Little or Mrs Archibald Little was a British writer and a campaigner for women's rights and later against foot binding in China.

Alicia Little's parents owned Hallaton Hall in Leicestershire but she was brought up in Madeira.

Alicia Little returned to England and successfully published her first tranche of books.

Alicia Little travelled abroad but she was based in England until 1886.

Alicia Little campaigned in 1885 when she published a novel called Mother Darling, which highlighted the poor status of women's rights in British marital law.

Alicia Little married Archibald John Little and called herself "Mrs Archibald Little" in 1887.

Whilst they were there they were robbed and Little explains how she had to cope without a mirror, tablecloths and the time - as their watches had been stolen.

Alicia Little was the leading European campaigner from 1896 to 1906 against this practice.

The organisation initially took expats as members and Alicia Little realised that she needed to not confuse her message with religion.

Alicia Little delivered these talks using X-rays of the deformed feet and with quotes from Confucius.

Alicia Little had seen and written about the effects of this custom where children's feet and toes were broken before they were bound to prevent normal growth.

Alicia Little is unusual in being one of the few women who outshone their husband in the ODNB.

Alicia Little's work has been compared with some external approaches to the custom of female genital mutilation in Africa in the 21st century.