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Revival: Child Marriage: The Indian Minotaur (1934) An Object-Lesson From the Past to the Future
By Eleanor F. Rathbone
Copyright 1934
144 Pages
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Routledge
138 Pages
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Routledge
138 Pages
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Routledge
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The newly issued Indian Census Report for 1931 contains many disquieting revelations, but none more so than the huge increase in child marriage and the continuing enormous mortality of women due to premature maternity, bad midwifery, purdah and kindred social evils. The first part of this book exposes the futility of the steps hitherto taken to cope with child marriage. The second part discusses... Read more
Preface. Introduction. 1. Child marriage as exposed by the Joshi report 2. The Sarda Act and its effects as exposed by the 1931 census report 3. Future Remedies I: Through women’s part in the new constitution 4. Future Remedies: II. Through the education of public opinion by methods old and new.
Biography
Eleanor Florence Rathbone (12 May 1872 – 2 January 1946) was an independent British member of parliament (MP) and long-term campaigner for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool.
