Complex sentence: In the same year Becker and her friend Jessie Boucherett founded the "Women's Suffrage Journal" and soon afterward began organising speaking tours of women--a rarity in Britain at the time.
Split into simpler sentences: In the same year Becker and her friend Jessie Boucherett founded the "Women's Suffrage Journal". Soon afterward, they began organising speaking tours of women--a rarity in Britain at the time.