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Cornelia Sorabji

by Suparna Gooptu · 2006

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Cornelia Sorabji (1866-1954), the first woman to study law at Oxford, was a Parsee and daughter of a converted Christian, and was among the early Indian women to practice at the Calcutta High Court.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
lawyerslawyersMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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IndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisfrontierfrontierMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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medium · 280 pages

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