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[[File:SusieSorabji1905.tif|thumb|Susie Sorabji, from a 1905 publication.]]
[[File:SusieSorabji1901.tif|thumb|Susie Sorabji, from a 1901 publication.]]
'''Susie Sorabji''' (1868 – 15 March 1931) was an Indian educator and Christian missionary.

==Early life==
Sorabji was born in [[Sholapur]], [[Maharashtra]],<ref>Eunice De Souza, Lindsay Pereira, eds., [https://books.google.com/books?id=CEUrAQAAIAAJ ''Women's Voices: Selections from Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Indian Writing in English''] (Oxford University Press 2004): 95. {{ISBN|9780195667851}}</ref> one of the seven daughters of Reverend Sorabji Karsedji, a [[Parsi]] Christian missionary, and [[Francina Sorabji|Francina Ford]], a convert from Hinduism who had been adopted and raised by a British couple. Her mother established several girls' schools at [[Pune]].<ref name="Brilliant">[https://books.google.com/books?id=joBPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=RA16-PA17&ots=OXWLT5i5gN&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=RA16-PA17#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false "A Group of Brilliant Women"] ''The Westminster'' (24 June 1905): 17.</ref> Susie Sorabji was educated at [[Bombay University]].<ref name="Pearson">Delevan L. Pearson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rH1AAQAAMAAJ&dq=The%20Chautauquan%20Sorabji&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q=The%20Chautauquan%20Sorabji&f=false "Some Modern Indian Idealists"] ''The Chautauquan'' (October 1905): 149-152.</ref> Sorabji's sisters included law pioneer [[Cornelia Sorabji]] and physician [[Alice Maude Sorabji Pennell]].

==Career==
Susie Sorabji followed her mother into educational work,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15040016/susie_sorabji_1901/ "Hindoo Evangelist Speaks"] ''Boston Post'' (30 September 1901): 6. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and (despite lifelong frail health) traveled widely, attending international conferences,<ref>Susie Sorabji, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LfxPAAAAYAAJ&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=RA1-PA186#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false "Education of Women in India"] ''New York Observer'' (10 August 1905): 186-188.</ref> lecturing<ref>Susie Sorabji, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YJk_AQAAMAAJ&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=PA162#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false "A Vision of the Future Women of India"] ''Life and Light for Woman'' (April 1914): 162.</ref> and meeting with potential donors,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X2cxAQAAMAAJ&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false "Miss Gould's Gift to Miss Sorabji"] ''New York Observer'' (11 January 1906): 36.</ref> to raise awareness and funding for the girls' school in Pune.<ref name="Pearson" /> "I am pleading for my sisters, the gentlest, meekest, most neglected in the civilized world," she declared of her cause.<ref>Deborah Anna Logan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GzUpDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA155&ots=NRZVyn480e&dq=Susie%20Sorabji%20eyes&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji%20eyes&f=false ''The Indian Ladies' Magazine, 1901–1938: From Raj to Swaraj''] (Rowman & Littlefield 2017): 155. {{ISBN|9781611462227}}</ref>

She started a [[kindergarten]], and trained kindergarten teachers for work in other Indian schools. "I had to fight against the government inspector when I first started the kindergarten," she recalled, "but now the system has been made compulsory in the government schools."<ref name="Brilliant" /> She also did literacy and missionary work among Indian women living in [[zenana]] spaces.<ref>Jessie A. Fowler, [https://books.google.com/books?id=0qvNAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA312&ots=uM6RD5rat2&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=PA313#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false "A Mental Photograph of Miss Susie Sorabji, of India"] ''The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health'' (October 1905): 312-317.</ref> She supported the temperance movement and [[Girl Guides]] of India,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15040157/susie_sorabji_1924/ "Castes Eliminated by Scout Growth in India"] ''Evening News'' (8 April 1924): 13. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}</ref> and, along with other members of her family, opposed the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>Tim Allender, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlEUCwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA260&ots=aplvLIAnTp&dq=Susie%20Sorabji&pg=PA260#v=onepage&q=Susie%20Sorabji&f=false ''Learning Femininity in Colonial India, 1820-1932''] (Oxford University Press 2016): 260. {{ISBN|9781784996987}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Susie Sorabji had chronic health issues, including vision problems which were treated with surgeries, medication, and extended periods of bandaging and rest.<ref name="Richard">{{cite book | first=Richard | last=Sorabji | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V57qLrUcbfAC&q=Susie&pg=PA400 | title=Opening Doors: The Untold Story of Cornelia Sorabji, Reformer, Lawyer and Champion of Women's Rights in India | publisher=Penguin Books India | year=2010 | isbn=9781848853751}}</ref> Sorabji died in 1931, aged 63 years. Her sister [[Cornelia Sorabji]] wrote a biographical memoir, ''Susie Sorabji, Christian-Parsee Educationist of Western India: A Memoir'' (London: Oxford University Press 1932).<ref>Cornelia Sorabji, [https://books.google.com/books/about/Susie_Sorabji_Christian_Parsee_Education.html?id=Dir5MgEACAAJ ''Susie Sorabji, Christian-Parsee Educationist of Western India: A Memoir''] (Oxford University Press 1932).</ref> A street in Pune was named for Susie Sorabji in 1932.<ref name="Richard" />

There is a Susie Sorabji Auditorium at St. Helena High School in Pune, named in her memory.<ref>[http://eventful.com/pune/venues/the-susie-sorabji-auditorium-st-helena-school-/V0-001-010951955-2 The Susie Sorabji Auditorium (St. Helena School) Pune], Venues, Eventful.com.</ref> The school marks her death date (15 March) as its "Founder's Day", performing a play about her life and distributing food to local charity organizations.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/St-Helenas-High-School-celebrates-founders-day/articleshow/7757174.cms "St Helena's High School Celebrates Founder's Day"] ''Times of India'' (21 March 2011).</ref>

There is a chapter of the [[Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire]] in [[Uxbridge, Ontario]], named for Susie Sorabji.<ref>[https://www.durhamregion.com/community-story/3467973-uxbridge-pays-tribute-to-75-year-organization/ "Uxbridge Pays Tribute to 75-year Organization"] ''Durham Region'' (24 May 2009).</ref>

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