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Presidential Address of Lady Abdul Qadir (of Lahore) at the Seventh All-India Women’s Conference Held at Calcutta in December 1935

1935

Of course we should also show our earnestness by raising additional funds by private subscriptions and by appealing to the munificence of our ruling Princes and their wives as well as to the generosity of the landed gentry and of the great magnates of the commercial world. [...] What I wish to emphasise is the need of making a greater use of the agency of the press by women by making literary contributions in the existing newspapers and magazines in support of our claims and by starting newspapers and journals conducted by women to promote our interests. [...] Among the social reforms that are urgently needed in all parts of the country is the reform of customs relating to the celebration of marriages and to ceremonies connected with births and deaths. [...] It is necessary for us therefore to insist that in case of Muslim women the Islamic law as to the share of females may be given effeet to in practice and a new law may be passed for the benefit of Hindu women to enable them to get their share of the property of their husbands and parents. [...] I thank you in conclusion for the kindly reception that you have accorded me and the patience with which you have listened to me and I close with the earnest wish that our deliberations in this great Assembly held in this old metrpolis of India may be crowned with success and from these deliberations may emerge proposals which may result in the progress of our beloved mother-land and the
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