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Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, Reformer, Lawyer and Champion of Women's Rights in India

Autor Sir Richard Sorabji
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 mai 2010
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; and, an independent and free-thinking intellectual who depended for work on patronage from an elite circle. Cornelia Sorabji's long and fulfilling life was anything but simple. How did she reconcile these apparent contradictions? How did she succeed in opening doors to aspects of Indian and British life which remain closed to so many, even today - and where did she run into difficulties? Through its beguiling portrait of a determined and pioneering woman at the heart of the Raj, this rich and important story will captivate everyone with an interest in Indian or British history.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781848853751
ISBN-10: 1848853750
Pagini: 512
Ilustrații: 16 integrated illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 43 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Professor Richard Sorabji is Cyprus Global Distinguished Professor of Classics, New York University, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, King's College London and Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death, Aristotle on Memory and Animal Minds and Human Morals. He is also founder and director of the international 'Ancient Commentators on Aristotle' project.

Cuprins

INTRODUCTIONPART I: Preparation and Background from 1866CHAPTER ONE Parents and family and the move to OxfordCHAPTER TWO The Oxford University of Benjamin Jowett, 1889-1892CHAPTER THREE London: glamorous introductions and legal experience, 1892-3PART II: Ten year campaign for a legal position, 1894-1904CHAPTER FOUR Women's rights in Princely States and AllahabadCHAPTER FIVE Love and exile to England CHAPTER SIX Life in exile: Artists, writers and London societyCHAPTER SEVEN A door opens: The Times and the Secretary of State against the Viceroy and the restPART III: Return to India as legal adviser for women behind the curtainCHAPTER EIGHT Four early estates, 1904-6: Narhan, Tajhat, Churamaon, Kasimbazar CHAPTER NINE Settling down in Calcutta: early years from 1904 CHAPTER TEN The Ramgarh rescue and the expansion of tasks, 1906-1922CHAPTER ELEVEN The joys and dangers of travel CHAPTER TWELVE The purdahnashins: Cornelia's understanding of attitudes and her educational methodsPART IV Friends and foes among British officers and retirement to EnglandCHAPTER THIRTEENTwo self-confessed terrorists rewarded, 1908 and 1914, CHAPTER FOURTEEN From glowing reports to quarrels behind the curtain of the British Raj, 1913-17CHAPTER FIFTEEN Skulduggery over terms of employment for an Indian woman, 1914-1922CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dick, Cornelia and family: England calling, 1913-1922PART V: Return to India: the bar, social service and politicsCHAPTER SEVENTEEN Barrister in Calcutta, 1924-9: misogyny, sabotage, failure and successCHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Mayo debacle, 1927CHAPTER NINETEEN Social service 1924-1931: the innovation of purdahnashins as social workersCHAPTER TWENTY Cornelia's first reactions to Gandhi and relations with other nationalist leadersCHAPTER TWENTY ONE Interest groups of 1930-2: Gandhi interviewed, Ambedkar entertained, Princes and the orthodox represented CHAPTER TWENTY TWO Cornelia's criticism of British protection of women in the Princely States, 1924-1938 PART VI: Finale CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Second World War 1939-1946: ablaze in London's Inns of CourtRETROSPECTAPPENDICESAlice and Cornelia's other sisters Cornelia's correspondents and confidantsOfficial reports on Cornelia's work 1904-9Structure of administration in British India and Princely StatesFamily treeMapsGlossary of Indian termsChronology of Cornelia's life