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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; INDEX

About the Author

Ghulam Fatima Shaikh was an institution in herself. Though semi-literate, she was a firm believer in the education of women. After her initial training as a midwife from the Tibbia College in Delhi, in 1939, she took courses in Home Nursing and First Aid from the St John's Ambulance Association. Her quest for learning led her to learn Arabic and Turkish and familiarized her with the lifestyles of the Arabs and Turks, among whom she spent many years during the First World War. In 1947, she founded the Fatima Girls Middle School in Hyderabad which she managed right up to her demise in 1981.