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Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Sophia: A girl who was brave, fought for what she believed in and became a voice for the voiceless.
A Princess?
A Suffragette?
Queen Victoria’s goddaughter?
The Last Sikh Emperor’s granddaughter?
~ All of these and so much more ~
Brought vividly to life by BBC journalist and presenter Anita Anand, discover the true story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh’s journey from Princess to Revolutionary.
The details that struck me the most were the variety of activities that Sophia partook in as an activist from being part of the Woman’s Tax Resistance League to her involvement with leading Indian nationalists such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale and other Indian suffragettes such as Sarojini Naidu.
This is an insightful and compelling read for all South Asian history lovers and those who in the wake of the first South Asian Heritage Month would love to learn all about an extraordinary woman who spent her life fighting for gender and racial equality in Britain and beyond.
A Princess?
A Suffragette?
Queen Victoria’s goddaughter?
The Last Sikh Emperor’s granddaughter?
~ All of these and so much more ~
Brought vividly to life by BBC journalist and presenter Anita Anand, discover the true story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh’s journey from Princess to Revolutionary.
The details that struck me the most were the variety of activities that Sophia partook in as an activist from being part of the Woman’s Tax Resistance League to her involvement with leading Indian nationalists such as Gopal Krishna Gokhale and other Indian suffragettes such as Sarojini Naidu.
This is an insightful and compelling read for all South Asian history lovers and those who in the wake of the first South Asian Heritage Month would love to learn all about an extraordinary woman who spent her life fighting for gender and racial equality in Britain and beyond.