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International Gender - Week 2 (India), Liddle & Joshi - Daughters of…
International Gender - Week 2
(India)
Nationalism + Women' Role
Biological function to reproduce the nation
Independence
Dominion status - Rather than independence, just apart of the commonwealth realm, 'independent' but still under British Empire's restrictions/power and must fight for them in any wars
India were refused Dominion status in 1942
Countries to get dominion status:
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Newfoundland
South Africa
Irish Free State
(1926 Imperial Conference)
Womens independence used to get a higher moral ground, to try and get independence - show Britain that they were progressive enough to self rule
Therefore allowed women's organisations to exist
Middle class women, polygamy, remarriage etc.
Partition
Independence gained in 1947, Muslims believed they would become a marginalized group after independence and therefore fought to be separate from India (partitioned)
1947 was independence and both the partition date, this was outlined by the Salt March lead by Gandhi
Independence was granted after the labour government got into power in Britain
The Salt March
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India split into India and Pakistan which stood for:
P - Punjab
A - Afghania
K - Kashmir
I - Indus or Islam
S - Sindh
T - Balchistan/ Begal/Assan
A
N - Land of the Pure (Urdu, Persian)
Santayana
Britain during the same time period
Burning Witches
Woman couldnt vote
The Anglo-Indian War
1686–1690
Liddle & Joshi - Daughters of Independence (Reading)
Men used their ability and privilege to push women's issues - Formed organisations and spoke about women specific issues
Ram Mohan Roy - Campaign which banned Sati
India was not control own its own government, British legitimized colonizing India by saying it couldn't treat women correctly - however the power Britain had over India prevented progression and woman in the UK couldn't vote yet when women in India could
Men believed in woman's sexual freedom but didnt in practice
MC women influenced by Western views "not Hindu enough" - not obedient enough to men
First woman's Uni in Karve 1916
