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; a passionate advocate of women's rights whose own career was nearly compromised through her inappropriate relationship with a married man;…mehr
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; a passionate advocate of women's rights whose own career was nearly compromised through her inappropriate relationship with a married man; and, an independent and free-thinking intellectual who depended for work on patronage from an elite circle. Cornelia Sorabji's long and fulfilling life was anything but simple. How did she reconcile these apparent contradictions? How did she succeed in opening doors to aspects of Indian and British life which remain closed to so many, even today - and where did she run into difficulties? Through its beguiling portrait of a determined and pioneering woman at the heart of the Raj, this rich and important story will captivate everyone with an interest in Indian or British history.
Professor Richard Sorabji is Cyprus Global Distinguished Professor of Classics, New York University, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, King's College London and Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Self: Ancient and Modern Insights about Individuality, Life, and Death, Aristotle on Memory and Animal Minds and Human Morals. He is also founder and director of the international 'Ancient Commentators on Aristotle' project.
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INTRODUCTION PART I: Preparation and Background from 1866 CHAPTER ONE Parents and family and the move to Oxford CHAPTER TWO The Oxford University of Benjamin Jowett, 1889-1892 CHAPTER THREE London: glamorous introductions and legal experience, 1892-3 PART II: Ten year campaign for a legal position, 1894-1904 CHAPTER FOUR Women's rights in Princely States and Allahabad CHAPTER FIVE Love and exile to England CHAPTER SIX Life in exile: Artists, writers and London society CHAPTER SEVEN A door opens: The Times and the Secretary of State against the Viceroy and the rest PART III: Return to India as legal adviser for women behind the curtain CHAPTER EIGHT Four early estates, 1904-6: Narhan, Tajhat, Churamaon, Kasimbazar CHAPTER NINE Settling down in Calcutta: early years from 1904 CHAPTER TEN The Ramgarh rescue and the expansion of tasks, 1906-1922 CHAPTER ELEVEN The joys and dangers of travel CHAPTER TWELVE The purdahnashins: Cornelia's understanding of attitudes and her educational methods PART IV Friends and foes among British officers and retirement to England CHAPTER THIRTEEN Two self-confessed terrorists rewarded, 1908 and 1914, CHAPTER FOURTEEN From glowing reports to quarrels behind the curtain of the British Raj, 1913-17 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Skulduggery over terms of employment for an Indian woman, 1914-1922 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dick, Cornelia and family: England calling, 1913-1922 PART V: Return to India: the bar, social service and politics CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Barrister in Calcutta, 1924-9: misogyny, sabotage, failure and success CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Mayo debacle, 1927 CHAPTER NINETEEN Social service 1924-1931: the innovation of purdahnashins as social workers CHAPTER TWENTY Cornelia's first reactions to Gandhi and relations with other nationalist leaders CHAPTER TWENTY ONE Interest groups of 1930-2: Gandhi interviewed, Ambedkar entertained, Princes and the orthodox represented CHAPTER TWENTY TWO Cornelia's criticism of British protection of women in the Princely States, 1924-1938 PART VI: Finale CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Second World War 1939-1946: ablaze in London's Inns of Court RETROSPECT APPENDICES Alice and Cornelia's other sisters Cornelia's correspondents and confidants Official reports on Cornelia's work 1904-9 Structure of administration in British India and Princely States Family tree Maps Glossary of Indian terms Chronology of Cornelia's life
INTRODUCTION PART I: Preparation and Background from 1866 CHAPTER ONE Parents and family and the move to Oxford CHAPTER TWO The Oxford University of Benjamin Jowett, 1889-1892 CHAPTER THREE London: glamorous introductions and legal experience, 1892-3 PART II: Ten year campaign for a legal position, 1894-1904 CHAPTER FOUR Women's rights in Princely States and Allahabad CHAPTER FIVE Love and exile to England CHAPTER SIX Life in exile: Artists, writers and London society CHAPTER SEVEN A door opens: The Times and the Secretary of State against the Viceroy and the rest PART III: Return to India as legal adviser for women behind the curtain CHAPTER EIGHT Four early estates, 1904-6: Narhan, Tajhat, Churamaon, Kasimbazar CHAPTER NINE Settling down in Calcutta: early years from 1904 CHAPTER TEN The Ramgarh rescue and the expansion of tasks, 1906-1922 CHAPTER ELEVEN The joys and dangers of travel CHAPTER TWELVE The purdahnashins: Cornelia's understanding of attitudes and her educational methods PART IV Friends and foes among British officers and retirement to England CHAPTER THIRTEEN Two self-confessed terrorists rewarded, 1908 and 1914, CHAPTER FOURTEEN From glowing reports to quarrels behind the curtain of the British Raj, 1913-17 CHAPTER FIFTEEN Skulduggery over terms of employment for an Indian woman, 1914-1922 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dick, Cornelia and family: England calling, 1913-1922 PART V: Return to India: the bar, social service and politics CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Barrister in Calcutta, 1924-9: misogyny, sabotage, failure and success CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Mayo debacle, 1927 CHAPTER NINETEEN Social service 1924-1931: the innovation of purdahnashins as social workers CHAPTER TWENTY Cornelia's first reactions to Gandhi and relations with other nationalist leaders CHAPTER TWENTY ONE Interest groups of 1930-2: Gandhi interviewed, Ambedkar entertained, Princes and the orthodox represented CHAPTER TWENTY TWO Cornelia's criticism of British protection of women in the Princely States, 1924-1938 PART VI: Finale CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Second World War 1939-1946: ablaze in London's Inns of Court RETROSPECT APPENDICES Alice and Cornelia's other sisters Cornelia's correspondents and confidants Official reports on Cornelia's work 1904-9 Structure of administration in British India and Princely States Family tree Maps Glossary of Indian terms Chronology of Cornelia's life
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