social reformer
Iqbalunnisa Hussain
How Iqbalunnisa Hussain is discussed in this archive
Subject of 1 profile piece — including Iqbalunnisa Hussain: A Stalwart of Muslim Women’s Education .
About Iqbalunnisa Hussain (1)
Profile pieces (1)
- Iqbalunnisa Hussain: A Stalwart of Muslim Women’s Education
- "Iqbalunnisa Hussain was born to Salima Ahmed in 1897, in Bangalore, Karnataka. Like most young girls at the time, Iqbalunnisa fell prey to child marriage and was married off at the tender age of 15." — establishes her origins and the patriarchal constraints she overcame
- "Iqbalunnisa was among the few Indian Muslim women of her time who held a degree from the United Kingdom to their name." — marks her pioneering educational achievement as a Muslim woman in colonial India