Petition to Indian Parliament to recognize mother's lineage, promoting women's equality, and to lift the stigma of illegitimacy.
Handbill
Kailash Chand. An Appeal to Members of Parliament of India and the World at Large. Bombay: Society for the Cause of Mother's Lineage, Theosophical Colony, 1959. 10 x 7.75 in. 1 sheet, printed both sides. This handbill is the author's petition to India's courts in 1959 arguing that he should have the right to identify with his mother's lineage rather than that of his father. Among other benefits in the context of promoting women's equality, he argued that this would lift the stigma of illegitimacy. Blue pen check marks on the second page. Horizontal folds. Very good.Item #16458
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