fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 day agoThis Punjabi Princess Fought for Women's Suffrage and Sheltered Refugees During World War II. A Goddaughter of Queen Victoria, She Rejected British Imperialism
In November 1910, a princess marched on Parliament in a bid to secure women's right to vote in the United Kingdom. Sophia Duleep Singh, the daughter of the Sikh Empire's last maharaja, was 'as close to an international celebrity as it was possible to be' in that era.
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