Women and Gender Roles

Question 1

‘If you learnt your letters,

Answer 1

‘If you learnt your letters, you could get a job as a clerk’-Rani A1S2

Question 2

‘Read, read and read

Answer 2

‘Read, read and read some more’-Dadabhai A1S4

Question 3

‘Is that a biological fact Lady Sarah?

Answer 3

‘Is that a biological fact Lady Sarah? Surely we all have the same corpuscles and blood cells’- Victoria A1S5

Question 4

Rani, you’re not still hankering

Answer 4

Rani, you’re not still hankering after this Hari are you? He’s a Lascar - you’re an educated young woman now’-Firoza A2S9