The Girls Ate Last

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This book tells the story of Inder Kaur, an Indian womangrowing up in the early 20th century. Girls were expected toeat last after the men and boys, and were often given onlya few years of schooling. It is a story of women that is stillrepeated. With a Year 8 education, Inder Kaur, the author'smother, turned the Partition of India into a personal victory.Having to seek employment in Delhi, she educated herselfone step at a time, as her marriage disintegrated, to becomethe founding principal of three women's colleges.