Book description
Popular depictions of campaigns for women's suffrage in films and literature have invariably focused on Western suffrage movements. The fact that Indian women built up a vibrant suffrage movement in the twentieth century has been largely neglected. The Indian 'suffragettes' were not only actively involved in campaigns within the IndianâŠ
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1 author picked Indian Suffragettes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
All authors regretfully leave some things out of their books. If I had written a seventh chapter to mine, it would have focused on Indian feminists like Sarojini Naidu and Herabai and Mithan Tata who conducted a full-throttled campaign for the British Parliament to endorse womenâs political rights in the 1919 Government of India Act. Fortunately, Mukherjeeâs book tells this story in compelling detail. Based on research into previously ignored sources, this book follows Indian feministsâ battles as they pressed for womenâs suffrage, initially within the constraints of the British empire and later, as anticolonial battles intensified, side-by-side with GandhiâŠ
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