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Opening doors

Opening doors

Richard Sorabji

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Cornelia Sorabji was the first Indian 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 was "a passionate advocate of women's rights whose own career was nearly compromised through her relationsip with a married man". -- Book jacket.

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OL15890142W

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Women lawyersWomen social reformersBiographyIndia, biographySocial reformersIndia, history, british occupation, 1765-1947LawyersHistory

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