The Queen's Daughters

In the thirty years following 1857, a wealth of material written by women on India emerged. This anthology illustrates the profession of imperialist and feminist attitudes and includes the writings of Josephine Butler, Millicent Fawcett, Dorothea Beale, Mary Carpenter, Flora Annie Steel, Annette Ackroyd Beveridge, Florence Nightingale, Harriet Martineau and Annie Besant. These texts include interesting evaluations of Indian social history and Indian women, while providing a valuable insight into the perspectives and cultural backgrounds of the writers themselves.