Opening doors
Subtitle: the untold story of Cornelia Sorabji : reformer, lawyer, and champion of women's rights in India
By: Richard Sorabji
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Palgrave Macmillan [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9781848853751
Subjects: Women lawyers; Women social reformers; Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-475) and index.