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

by Richard Sorabji

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;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848853750
• ISBN13: 9781848853751
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"