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Elizabeth W. Andrew
1882–1960
A reform-minded writer and campaigner, she helped expose the abuse built into the British regulation of prostitution in India. Her work, especially with Katharine C. Bushnell, joined moral outrage with firsthand reporting and a clear call for change.
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The Queen's Daughters in India
by Elizabeth W. Andrew, Katharine C. (Katharine Caroline) Bushnell
About the author
Elizabeth W. Andrew was a British writer and social reformer best remembered for co-authoring The Queen’s Daughters in India with Katharine C. Bushnell. That book drew on eyewitness evidence to challenge the treatment of women under the system of state-regulated prostitution in colonial India, and it became part of a wider campaign against those policies.
She also wrote Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers, another work connected with reform movements that criticized exploitation carried out under imperial rule. The surviving sources available here point most clearly to her public work as an author-activist, while leaving many personal biographical details uncertain, so this overview focuses on the contributions that can be confirmed.
What stands out in her writing is its sense of urgency. Instead of keeping to abstract arguments, she helped bring readers close to the lived experience of vulnerable women and used print as a tool for protest, making her an important voice in late 19th- and early 20th-century social reform writing.