Sophia Duleep Singh, Part 2: Suffragette Princess

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 November 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sophia Duleep Singh's education was focused on turning her into a proper lady, in line with her status as a princess. But she also became deeply involved in the Women's Social and Political Union, a radical arm of the women's suffrage movement in Britain.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HowStoffworks.com.
0:41.7	Hello and welcome to the podcasters.
0:43.7	I'm Tracy, B. Wilson.
0:44.7	And I'm Holly Fry.
0:46.7	Today we are rejoining the story of Sophia Doleepsing,
0:50.7	a princess from India who became a very vocal part of the movement
0:54.7	for women's suffrage in Britain.
0:56.7	And at this point in the story where we are picking up from last time,
1:00.7	she's living in Britain.
1:02.7	Her parents and her little brother have sadly died.
1:05.7	And she is 17 and effectively living off the good will of her godmother, Queen Victoria.
1:12.7	In spite of ongoing lessons in deportment,
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