The 'womanly vote' and women citizens: Debates on women's franchise in late colonial India

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 469-493

  Roy, Anupama ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; COLONIALISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036764490     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670203600302     Document Type: Article

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