Responses of some Indian feminists to Rathbone's work were not overwhelmingly positive. Begum Hamid Ali
and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
wrote to her about her book's usefulness, but pointed out its failure to acknowledge...
politics
Eleanor Rathbone
The unfolding of this early conference suggests the serious weaknesses of Rathbone's stance on Indian women's issues. One of the first female students at the University of Madras
and the founder of an Indian Women's Association
RF
builds her conclusion from the idea of two great influences in India that we, that is English people, are ignorant of: the influence of religion, and the influence of women. The latter is immeasurable...
Timeline
7 February 1928: The All-India Women's Conference opened;...
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7 February 1928
The All-India Women's Conference
opened; participants adopted resolutions urging the necessity of compulsory education for girls.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.