A review by sarahelizabeth205
Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand

4.0

The book is about more than Sophia’s life. It gives a history of British rule in India and of the British suffrage movement. I didn’t realize how the book had struck a chord with me until this evening when watching an episode of Call the Midwife with a suffragette that I began to ball. I think we as women today have no real understanding of what our formothers went through in achieving the right to vote, it was incredible how brave those women were. I think that today in a time when disenfranchisement is once again in the daily news it is important to remember people have literally lost their lives for something we not only take for granted but see as a chore. I think everyone should read some sort of book this election season featuring the fight for votes and really think about what a awesome right it truly is.