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Auteur(s) : Sorabji, Richard (1934-....)
Titre(s) : Opening doors [Texte imprimé] : the untold story of Cornelia Sorabji : reformer, lawyer, and champion of women's rights in India / Richard Sorabji
Publication : London ; New York : I. B. Tauris, 2010
Description matérielle : xxi, 487 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Part I ; Preparation and background from 1866 --Part II ; Ten year campaign for a
legal position, 1894-1904 --Part III ; Legal Adviser for women behind the curtain
--Part IV ; Friends and foes : the cost of overriding British officers and retirement
to England --Part V ; Return to India: the bar, social work and politics --Part VI
; Finale.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Àn important and necessary book... Opening Doors gives us a vivid larger picture
of the influential worlds Cornelia inhabited.' Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Global Distinguished
Professor, New York University<BR><BR>À startling example of biography through history
and history through biography.' Janet Morgan, Author of Edwina Mountabatten: A Life
of Her Own<BR><BR>Ìf Gandhi is the tragic hero of Indian independence, Cornelia Sorabji
is its tragic heroine. Her courage, resilience and stamina were worthy of her friend
and exemplar, Florence Nightingale.' Jon Stallworthy, Professor Emeritus of English,
the University of Oxford<BR><BR>À compelling and fascinating biography.' Martha Nussbaum,
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, The University of
Chicago<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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 independent and free-thinking intellectual who depended for work
on patronage from an elite circle.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>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."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Sorabji, Cornelia (1866-1954)
Droits des femmes -- Inde -- 1870-1914
Droits des femmes -- Inde -- 1900-1945
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781848853751 (hbk.). - ISBN 1848853750 (hbk.). - ISBN 9781441676733 (e-book).
- ISBN 1441676732 (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42289044j
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