Pandita Ramabai : the story of her life / by Helen S. Dyer, formerly of Bombay
London : Morgan and Scott, [1900], 1900. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Physical desc. : 94 p. : ill. , port. ; 25 cm. Notes: Publisher's advertisements on 2 p. At end. Text printed in double columns. Includes bibliographic refs. Contents: Child of forest: orphan, pilgrim, wife, widow - Hindu widow begins life work: lessons in England & America - School for high-caste widows established in India - To Sharada Sadan; its pupils - Some become Christian: opposition - Marble halls of Hinduism - Future: spiritual exercises - Asking great things of God - Famine 1897; rescue of starving widows - Mukti: new settlement at Khedgaon - Material progress, spiritual advance - Rescue during famine 1900. Subject: Ramabai Sarasvati, Pandita, 1858-1922 Rambai Sarasvati, Pandita. Saradha Sadan - HistoryMukti Sadan (Kedgaon) - History Women - India - Biography Widows - India - Biography. Item #182253
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