“Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess and suffragette inspires children's book” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-59882057
作家のSufiya Ahmed*1は、子ども向けに書いたSophia Duleep Singhという女性の伝記を上梓した。題して、My Story: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh
シク王国は現代のカシミール、（パキスタンの）ペシャワールやガンダーラを含む広大な領土を鉾ていたが、1840年代に英国支配下の印度に併合されてしまう。王位を追われたMaharajah Duleep Singhは英国に移住し、 英国から得た賠償金で、イングランドのサフォーク州エルヴェデン*2のエルヴェデン・ホール*3を購入し、定住した。
Sophia Duleep Singh was a daughter of the last Sikh ruler of the Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh, and grew up in Elveden, on the Norfolk-Suffolk border.The young princess made history in the early 1900s by risking her royal status to campaign for women's rights.
ソフィアは典型的な英国貴族の令嬢として育ったが、長じると、戦闘的なフェミニストになり、女性参政権運動（サフラジェット運動）に深くコミットした；
She became a committed campaigner for women's rights, and was a member of both the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Women's Tax Resistance League, whose slogan was "No Vote, No Tax".In 1910, Princess Sophia led a 400-strong demonstration to Parliament with prominent suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, a protest that became known as "Black Friday".
She was often seen selling The Suffragette newspaper outside her home at Hampton Court Palace.
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Princess Sophia died on 22 August 1948, at the age of 71.Melissa Hawker, Norfolk Museums Service learning officer, said royal status protected - and hindered - the princess.
"Children love how ardently she pursued what she thought was right, they respond to that fierce morality," she said.
"But her position was a two-edged sword.
"This was a princess of the Punjab, a god-daughter of Queen Victoria and a revolutionary fighter for equality and justice.
"She was extraordinary."
Historic Royal Palaces “Sophia Duleep Singh: The Indian Princess Who Fought for Women's Rights” https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/sophia-duleep-singh/
Susheila Nasta and Maya Parmar “Indian aristocrats and protest: the story of Sophia Duleep Singh” https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/the-indian-aristocrats-and-protest-in-britain-sophia-duleep-singh
Heather Saul “Sophia Duleep Singh: The Indian princess and ‘rockstar’ suffragette forgotten by history” https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/sophia-duleep-singh-indian-princess-rockstar-suffragette-forgotten-history-123501
“Thetford: Park on river island to be renamed after Duleep Singh” https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-58629597
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Duleep_Singh
