The Compassionate Memsahibs: Welfare Activities of British Women in India, 1900-1947

by Mary Ann Lind

The Compassionate Memsahibs refutes the traditional view--perpetuated in the works of writers like Rudyard Kipling--of the memsahibs as a homogeneous group of aloof, pampered women who had little interest in India. Here Mary Ann Lind presents information about the lives of fifteen memsahibs--all of which is previously unpublished--who voluntarily participated in reform and welfare activities in India during the first half of this century. Their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313260591
• ISBN13: 9780313260599
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"