In 1919, twenty years after the publication of Amin’s book, Hoda Sha’rawi
(1879–1947), the first woman to publicly demand female political and social en-
franchisement, organized a protest march of a group of women in the course
of which they demonstratively took off their veils, which they considered the
symbols of their suppression, and threw them into the Nile. Her movement,
which was limited to the upper social classes, was closely connected with the
men’s struggle against the colonial power
(1879–1947), the first woman to publicly demand female political and social en-
franchisement, organized a protest march of a group of women in the course
of which they demonstratively took off their veils, which they considered the
symbols of their suppression, and threw them into the Nile. Her movement,
which was limited to the upper social classes, was closely connected with the
men’s struggle against the colonial power
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