Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born into a Bengali Muslim upper-class family in the small village of Pairaband in the district of Rangpur, north of present day Bangladesh, then a part of the colonial British province of Bengal Presidency (Hossain 37). The exact date of her birth is still unknown since no specific records have been kept. Her mother was Rahatunnessa Sabera Chowdhurani, the first of four wives that her Rokeya’s father had. Not much is …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…waste of human potential haunted Rokeya from what she witnessed – the act of seclusion and purdah. Thus, it strengthened her to fight against the blind observance of customs she considered absurd (Hossain 38) – i.e. the creation of her schools for women that grew tremendously over time. In my opinion Begum Rokeya was truly a feminist. Bibliography Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat. Sultana’s Dream. New York: Markus The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1988