Dorothy Bonarjee

1894 – 1983

Dorothy Noel 'Dorf' Bonarjee (1894–1983) was an Indian poet and artist who was known for being awarded a Bardic chair while a student in Wales and for being the first woman internal student to be awarded a law degree by University College London. The first collection of her poetry was published in 2023, more than a century after it first was written.

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"Nothing is more wearing morally, than a weak husband."

- Dorothy Bonarjee

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"She was free-spirited and committed to women's equality - not someone who would easily consent to a marriage arranged by her family in India"

- Dorothy Bonarjee

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"Bonarjee was also a supporter of women's suffrage"

- Dorothy Bonarjee

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"Her triumph in the college Eisteddfod in 1914 prompted a burst of poetic creativity which has now been celebrated in the first ever collati0n of her verse."

- Dorothy Bonarjee

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