<p>A groundbreaking exploration of the life and contributions of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.</p>

India West Journal

<p>A riveting biography of an extraordinary Indian woman.</p>

History Today

<p>A welcome contribution that expands the literature on some lesser-known but influential Indian political figures, and opens up possibilities for further enquiries into larger political questions touched upon in this book.</p>

H-Soz-Kult

<p>Nico Slate’s comprehensive and illuminating biography of the great Indian socialist and feminist Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya makes her life and achievements available to American audiences and as such is much appreciated.</p>

- Ellen Carol DuBois, University of California, Los Angeles,

<p>This deeply researched book restores Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay to her rightful place in India’s history as a freedom fighter and nation builder. In a moving and original narrative, Nico Slate reveals the full emancipatory and participatory potential of Kamaladevi’s social reform activism and anticolonial politics.</p>

- Sana Aiyar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

<p>In this magnificent biography, Nico Slate does full justice to the range and richness of her life and the depth and breadth of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’s legacy. His research is impressively thorough, his writing elegant and empathetic, his blending of biography and history seamless and deeply illuminating.</p>

- Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World,