Marginalization of Women's Popular Culture in Nineteenth Century Bengal'
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Taking all matters into consideration, the poor woman of this country should be an object of compassion rather than of our contempt The stimulus given to India by British example, and capital employed for the education of Indian females, is not among the least of her beneficial operations. The time will come when their worth shall be duly appreciated by the daughters of India; and then, should this work chance to be perused by them, they will sigh at the follies of their ancestors, smile at their own good fortune . . . CAPT. N. AUGUSTUS WILLARD 2
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