social reformer
Begum Rokeya
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
1880–1932
Also known as: Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Rokeya, বেগম রোকেয়া
How Begum Rokeya is discussed in this archive
Subject of 1 profile piece — including Women and Liberalism : The Life of Begum Rokeya .
About Begum Rokeya (2)
Interviews (1)
Profile pieces (1)
- Women and Liberalism : The Life of Begum Rokeya
- "Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain also known as Begum Rokeya, was a litterateur, educationist, social reformer and feminist who worked tirelessly for the emancipation of Muslim women." — establishes her multiple roles and central mission
- "Her book 'Sultana's Dream' is a rare feminist literature that imagined a utopia of an advanced scientifically developed society where gender roles were reversed; men were confined and women ruled the world." — identifies her landmark utopian feminist text and its radical premise