The Empress Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
According to Lord Salisbury, an English constituency is not ready to elect a ‘Black man’ to represent them
A
Dadabhai
Racism
2
Q
“The Serang drives the Lascars to work harder, yet the English sailors seem to have an easier time of it.”
A
HARI
Racism
3
Q
“I was married at fourteen, a mother at fifteen, and lost my baby to malaria by sixteen.”
A
Firoza
Sexism
4
Q
“Gentlemen have an easy life if you ask me. They barely see the children.”
A
Georgina
Sexism
5
Q
“You must learn to protect yourself; no one else will do it for you.”
A
Firoza
Sexism
6
Q
“Education is the only path to freedom.”
A
Dadabhai
Education
7
Q
“As I came here, people looked at me with coldness. Some laughed at me.”
A
Rani
Discrimination
