The South Asian diaspora is different in comparison to other dispersions. Due to this, South Asians migrated and relocated worldwide. These immigrants were leaving the life they knew back home in pursuit of a new and hopefully better life. It wasn’t all smooth sailing though. They faced several obstacles in their journey. Often times they were met with racism, unfair treatment, and inequality. The journey was a long and difficult one with no guarantees. Lucky for these immigrants they had people like Princess Sophia Duleep Singh there to fight for and with them. Princess Sophia may not have known, but her fighting for women equality and rights paved the way and made the transition easier for women leaving India looking for just and equal treatment. Given everything Princess Sophia did throughout her life one might argue Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was one of the most influential people that lived through the diaspora. She gave up a life full of glamour and luxury to fight for the equality and fair treatment of women. …show more content…
Princess Sophia Alexandra Duleep Singh was born on August 8th, 1876. Her parents were Maharaja Duleep Singh and Bamba Muller. She was born in Belgravia but grew up in Suffolk, both cities were located in England. Her father's life had everything to do with her being born and raised in England even though he’s from and wished to remain in India. While he was 15 years old he was exiled from India and went on to move to Britain. Queen Victoria at the time grew fond of him and treated him and his family specially. Queen Victoria became Princess Sophia’s godmother. Even though Princess Sophia and her family were living amongst the Queen everything was smooth sailing. At 10 years old Princess Sophia developed “typhoid,” a bacterial infection. Her mom who was caring for her would go on to contract the infection and pass away from it on September 17th,
On October 16th, 1875, Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn was born to Princess Miriam Likelike and Archibald Scott Cleghorn. The kingdom celebrated her birth as she was now the "Crown Princess", future ruler of Hawaii. Princess Kaiulani spent her early years on the beautiful estate of Ainahau in Waikiki. Her childhood was one of leisure and lightheartedness, she spent her days playing croquet with her friends, swimming, surfing, and riding her horse through the town. She was quite popular and as she grew older, she was the center of many social events and was adored by the public. Kaiulani's optimal childhood came to a halt when her mother, Likelike grew rather ill and passed away shortly after. It was a heartbreaking loss for young Kaiulani who was only eleven at the time. A few years later, her life took another turn as it was decided, upon the suggestion of cabinet minister Mr. Lorrin Thurston, that she travel to England to receive an education fit for "a future queen".
Woolf, an author, discusses many of the injustices that she had personally faced due to the fact that she was a woman. In one example, Woolf was walking on the grass in order to get to a place more quickly, as the sidewalk would have taken longer. She was then told to return to the path because only men and scholars were allowed to be on the grass, or turf as she referred to it as. She was then forced to take the sidewalk just because of her gender. Later, she was then forced to exit a university library because you had to be a male attending the college, been in accompaniment with a male who is attending the college, or had a “letter of introduction”. Fortunately, both women and men can now both go wherever they please without an accompanying male or a signed letter (as long as they are not trespassing). The barrier of where women could travel has been broken down for the most part given women’s rights movements in different areas across the globe. Unfortunately, there are still areas around the globe where women still face this barrier. I believe that charities and other activist groups should focus some more attention on these areas of the world so that these women can enjoy the freedom that we all take for
Currently, Canadian women are helping women in third world countries gain the same rights Canadian women have received. Some well known foundations are ‘Because I Am A Girl’, donations are sent to girls in the third world country so that they can obtain food, shelter, and an education, allowing them make a change in their society. Canadian women would not have been able to create projects to help women in other nations gain their rights if not for The Married Women’s Property Act, World War I, The Person’s Case, and Canadian Human Rights Act. These key milestones in Canadian history have allowed Canadian women to continue fighting for women rights on a global stage.
...m Gandhi. Gandhi’s rebellion and Dr. King’s campaign inspired and taught her (1). She is rebelling for the people, especially women, to be able to be educated and well learned to defeat the overruling government; not only advocating for peace and freedom, she is also yearning for educational equality.
The Southern Diaspora was one of the largest American population movements among the white and black population. From 1900 to 1970 more than 28 million southerners left their home regions in search of better jobs in the cities and suburbs of the North and the West making “the size of the diaspora is the first revelation” (pg. 13). “The Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America” by James N. Gregory shows the migration of black southerners and whites together to see the connections and differences. Gregory’s main argument is that the southern diaspora greatly influenced contributions to religion, music and politics that shaped America.
Women with power are often more respected than those which did not have power as they possibly had some sort of influence; Shamhat,
In the article “Transgression into ‘Hidden’ Feminism: Immigrant Muslim Woman from India”, Shweta Singh discusses her argument on “hidden” feminism. According to Singh (2012), “transition into immigrant hood has the potential to be a space for transgression into ‘hidden’ feminism for women” (p. 123). Singh argues that immigration of Indians into western countries such as the United States allows women to have the ability to discover themselves and establish their identity. Singh also believes that internal forces such as family and external forces such as school influence a woman’s identity. An immigrant woman’s views on religion and culture are likely to change when she enters into a modern society. Immigrant women from middle class are more
...also were not represented, and made women understand that this inferiority dilemma that was going on every day had to stop, and that they had to revolt and fight for their own rights. Her influence combined with other women fighting and the spirit of rebellion already set in men spiked women's interests in their rights and made them want to struggle for their privileges.
One important question that needs to be asked is, “what is equal?” Equality between sexes and race has been stressed and made law in the late nineteenth century, but even though laws have been made to protect woman from this discrimination, it still occurs frequently. Equal is being treated the same way and having the same opportunities no matter who one is. Big business has not given women the chance to be equal with men. One does not normally see a woman as the owner, or even the manager of a major corporation, these jobs consistently go to men. Traditi...
aside their feminist movement and class issues because their national identity was seen as more
History accounts for the great contributions of women in promoting social justice, particularly in uplifting the morale and functions of women in the society. From being the oppressed gender, various women managed to change the traditional roles of women by fighting for their rights to be heard and for them to given equal opportunities. These women boldly stood against gender stereotypes of women and proved the entire world that they could defy conventions. Particularly at the turn of the 20th century, women battled against the oppressions brought by patriarchy in different ways. These activist women had crusaded for the promotion of their civil rights, sexual freedom, and pursued careers which were once forbidden to them.
In “Women in the Twentieth Century and Beyond”, Kimberly M. Radek discusses the struggling events that occurred throughout history in order for gender discrimination to be eliminated.
Throughout history women have been underestimated. Society as a whole is patriarchal, and even though women have mead great strides in gaining equality, there are still crimes and prejudice against women. Women are capable of great feats, if they are given a chance. Some women ignored all social standards and managed to accomplish incredible things that changed the course of history.
as well as her support of education for women to grow not only intellectually but independently make
Throughout history, there have been constant power struggles between men and women, placing the male population at a higher position than the female. Therefore, in this patriarchal system women have always been discriminated against simply due to the fact that they are women. Their rights to vote, to be educated and essentially being treated equally with men was taken away from them and they were viewed as weak members of society whose successes depend on men. However, this has not prevented them from fighting for what they believe in and the rights they are entitled to. On the contrary, it has motivated them to try even harder and gain these basic societal rights through determination and unity.