Pandita Ramabai's American Encounter: The Peoples of the United States (1889)

Index

Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Adams, Abigail, 171, 255n7 Adams, John, 89, 171, 228, 255n7 Adirondack Mountains, 124 Adler, Felix, 147, 251n9 Advertisements: in India, 135–36ni, 250n50; in the United States, 120, 135ni Africa, 38, 63, 65, 138, 157, 211 African Americans, 26, 37, 40, 43n2, 44n8; enfranchisement of, 8–9, 77. See also Blacks; Negroes Agarkar, G. G., 13, 165, 253–54n16 Age of Consent controversy, 246n10 Agency of women: Indian, 13–14, 18; American, 25–26, 37 Agriculture, 9, 36, 215–16, 218, 228–32, 237. See also Farms and farmers, American Alaska, 224, 229, 262n11 Allegheny City, 223 Allegheny Mountains, 27, 124, 129 American Anti-Slavery Society, 170–71 American cities, growth of, 9, 36, 221–23, 237 American civic amenities, 35, 97 American Civil War, 8, 91–92, 115, 190–91, 193, 232 American critique of Indian society, 16, 39 American egalitarianism, 6, 34–37, 114; an Indian’s questioning of, 16 American family life, 12, 35, 100–104, 108, 118–19. See also American homes; Indian families American fashions: men’s, 113; women’s, 35, 109– 113; women’s, and killing of birds, 26, 112, 134 (see also Cruelty to animals, birds) American homes, 16, 25, 101, 108 (see also American family life); housekeeping, 107–108; houses, 35, 98–99, 105–107, 109, 126, 220, 222; housewives , 35, 105–108, 178, 213–14nv; housework, 99– 100, 106–108; lodgings and lodgers, 106–108, 121 American independence: achievement of, 6, 130– 31, 219; struggle for, 35, 73–75, 155, 232; war of, 75, 140, 232 American Indians, 8, 26, 35–37. See also Red Indians American industries, 9, 36, 38, 40, 215, 219–20, 224, 227, 232–37 American industriousness, 219–20, 223–24, 229, 234, 236, 238 American Marathi Mission, 10, 133, 253n6 American pluralism, 8, 10 American Ramabai Association, 29 American reform: reform movement, 9, 24; reformers, 34; women reformers, 23–24 American widows, 167, 188 American Woman Suffrage Association, 199, 261n60 American women: achievements of, 37; alleged intellectual inferiority of, 172, 183, 186; economic dependence, 213–14nv; emancipation of, 41, 168, 175; employment, 35, 178–87, 213niv; legal disabilities of, 171, 188–89; men’s inferior treatment of, 169–72; oppression of, 168, 199, 203; political disabilities of, 167, 171, 211; social disabilities of, 167; status of, 36, 41, 100, 119; subjection of, 41, 181; suffering of, 202–203 American women and education: 35, 100, 102, 139, 142–46, 167, 172–82, 189–90, 193, 197–98, 212–13ni, 213niv; medical education, 3, 182–84; opposition to women’s higher education, 172–74, 176; professional education, 174; women managers of education, 144, 177–78 American women and rights: legal rights, 35, 188– 89, 199; political rights, 9, 171, 181–82, 190, 196, 199–200, 208, 210–11; right to preach, 169–71; right to vote, 9, 171, 189 American women’s associations and organizations , 9, 35, 189–95, 197, 200, 204, 206–207, 214nvi American women’s clubs, 35, 42, 195–202 American women’s movement, 9; and Christianity , 24 American women’s occupations, 9, 186; doctors , 3, 60, 182–84, 209; doctors working in India, 3, 43n3; journalists, 181–82, 194; lawyers, 184–85; nurses, 191, 193; preachers, 185–86, 194; stenographers, 186; teachers, 25, 142–43, 178– 80, 184 Amerigo (Vespucci), 63–64 Angell, George T., 26–27, 133, 250n48 Anglican Church, 19, 21, 156. See also Church of England Anglicans, 18–19, 21, 156; Anglican response to Ramabai, 21 Anglo-Saxons, 9, 113, 119 Animal slaughter, 37, 131–32, 136niv, 233. See also Cruelty to animals Anthony, Susan B., 9, 25 Anti-colonialism: American, 6; Indian, 33; of Ramabai, 6–7, 19, 31, 33, 36–38 Arkansas River, 27, 173; as a symbol of overcoming obstacles, 173, 175 Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, 143, 147, 251n4 Arya Mahila Samaj, 18, 242n13 Arya Samaj, 11 Athavale, Parvatibai, 16–17 Atlantic Ocean, 55–58, 65, 93, 139, 224–25 Auburn, N.Y., 26–27 Audubon Societies, 113, 247n15 Australia, 38, 45n15, 138, 199, 211 Austria, 151, 163 Baltimore, 27, 225 Bancroft, Jane M., 180, 257n29 Beale, Dorothea, 20–22 Beethoven, 187, 259n46 Beggars: in India, 160–63; in the United States, 160–63 Bengal, 14, 16, 33, 59–60, 159 Bergh, Henry, 133, 250n47 Besant, Annie, 33 Bhabha, Homi, 37 Bhandarkar, R. G., 13 Bible, 30, 139, 155, 158; translation (Ramabai), 30, 32. See also Gospel Black Canyon, 27 Blacks, 8, 115, 118, 157, 230. See also African Americans ; Negroes...