Opening doors : the untold story of Cornelia Sorabji, reformer, lawyer and champion of women's rights in India /
Clever, attractive and ambitious, intellectually daring and physically courageous, Cornelia Sorabji was a truly remarkable woman. As India's first female lawyer, she was original and often outspoken in her views - for example, in her criticism of Gandhi and her surprising friendship with Kather...
| Основен автор: | Sorabji, Richard. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=334957 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Opening doors. |
| Резюме: |
Clever, attractive and ambitious, intellectually daring and physically courageous, Cornelia Sorabji was a truly remarkable woman. As India's first female lawyer, she was original and often outspoken in her views - for example, in her criticism of Gandhi and her surprising friendship with Katherine Mayo. Cornelia Sorabji resists easy classification, either as a feminist or as an imperialist. She is an Indian whose loyalty to the British Raj never wavered; a passionate advocate of women's rights whose own career was nearly compromised through her inappropriate relationship with a married man; an. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxi, 487 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441676733 1441676732 9780857715319 0857715313 9780857731883 0857731882 |