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'''Marjorie Sykes''' (1905-1995) was a British educator who went to live in India in the 1920s and joined the Indian independence movement, spending most of the remainder of her life in India. She wrote many books and became acquainted with many of the leading figures in Indian politics and culture, including [[Rabindranath Tagore]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

An earlier article in ''Gandhi Marg'' had also described her life.<ref name=purush03>{{cite journal |last1=Purushotham |first1=Surendran |title=Marjorie Sykes: A Disciple of Christ and Gandhi |journal=Gandhi Marg |date=2003 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=90–95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GM8-AQAAIAAJ&q=marjorie+sykes&dq=marjorie+sykes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCTgKahUKEwidv4Wi-c_GAhUEEJIKHZuaBv0}}</ref>

Sykes was also the focus of an entry in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'',<ref name=oxbio04>{{cite journal |last1=Carnall |first1=Geoffrey |year=2004 |title=Sykes, Marjorie (1905–1995) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/66/101066993/|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66993 |access-date=9 July 2015}} (1116 words)</ref> and of a chapter in a doctoral dissertation in History by Sharon M. H. MacDonald (2010).<ref name=macdonald10>"Marjorie Sykes (1905-1995)" (Chapter 4, pp. 121-147) in {{cite book |last1=MacDonald |first1=Sharon M. H. |title=Neither Memsahibs nor Missionaries: Western Women who Supported the Indian Independence Movement |date=2010 |publisher=University of New Brunswick (Department of History) |location=New Brunswick, Canada |isbn=9780494827642 |OCLC=896786575}}</ref>

A book-length biography of Sykes was published two years before her death.<ref name=dart93>{{cite book |last1=Dart|first1=Martha|title=Marjorie Sykes: Quaker - Gandhian |date=1993 |publisher=Sessions Book Trust in association with Woodbrooke College |location=[York] |isbn=9781850721253 |edition=Indian |OCLC=29471229}} (159 pages)</ref><ref name=mend94>{{cite journal|last1=Mendlesohn |first1=Frank |title=Marjorie Sykes: Quaker Gandhian (review) |journal=Quaker History |date=1994 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=137–138 |doi=10.1353/qkh.1994.0021}} ("the book provides an outline sketch of the events of Marjorie Sykes's life [but] was clearly intended as much more... [at which] the book is unsatisfactory", p. 137)</ref>

==Works (selected)==

*{{cite book|last1=Sykes |first1=Marjorie |last2=Dart |first2=Martha (Ed.) |title=In Quaker friendship: Letters from Marjorie Sykes to Martha Dart 1967 to 1994 |date=1999 |publisher=William Sessions Ltd. |location=York |isbn=9781850722236 |OCLC=41582224}} (133 pages)

*{{cite book |last1=Sykes |first1=Marjorie |last2=Carnall |first2=Geoffrey (Ed.) |title=An Indian Tapestry: Quaker threads in the History of India, Pakistan & Bangladesh: from the Seventeenth Century to Independence|date=1997|publisher=Sessions Book Trust|location=York|isbn=9781850721352 |OCLC=59624845}}

*{{cite book |last1=Maw |first1=Geoffrey Waring |last2=Conacher |first2=Gillian M. |first3=Marjorie |last3=Sykes |title=Pilgrims in Hindu holy land: sacred shrines of the Indian Himalayas |date=1997 |publisher=Sessions Book Trust |location=York |isbn=9781850721901 |OCLC=37199052}}

*{{cite book|last1=Sykes|first1=Marjorie|last2=Dart|first2=Martha (Ed.)|title=Transcending tradition: Excerpts from the writings and talks of Marjorie Sykes|date=1995|publisher=W. Sessions in association with Woodbrooke College|location=York, England|isbn=9781850721703 |OCLC=37400713}} (104 pages)

*{{cite book |first1=Marjorie |last1=Sykes |title=The story of Nai Talim : fifty years of education at Sevagram, 1937-1987 : a record of reflections |date=1988 |publisher=Nai Talim Samiti |location=Sevagram, Wardha |OCLC=21280322}}

*{{cite book |first1=Jehangir P. |last1=Patel |first2=Marjorie |last2=Sykes |title=Gandhi: His Gift of the Fight |url=https://archive.org/details/gandhihisgiftoff00pate |url-access=registration |date=1987 |publisher=Friends Rural Centre |location=Rasulia |OCLC=22506192}}

*{{cite book |last1=Sykes |first1=Marjorie |title=Quakers in India: A forgotten century |date=1980 |publisher=Allen and Unwin |location=London |isbn=9780042750033 |OCLC=7772558}}

*{{cite book |first1=Marjorie |last1=Sykes |title=A picture and programme of post basic education (adolescent education in Nai Talim) |date=1954 |publisher=Hindustani Talimi Sangh |location=Sevagram, Wardha |OCLC=8957351}}

*{{cite book |first1=Channing |last1=Arnold |first2=Marjorie |last2=Sykes |title=The story of the [[Mahabharata]] |date=1954 |publisher=Orient Longmans |location=Bombay |OCLC=3368450}}

*{{cite book |last1=Sykes |first1=Marjorie |title=The story of Rabindranath Tagore |date=1950 |publisher=Orient Longmans |location=Bombay |OCLC=14369601}}

*{{cite book |first1=Banārasīdāsa |last1=Caturvedī |author-link1=Banarsidas Chaturvedi |first2=Marjorie |last2=Sykes |title=Charles Freer Andrews; a narrative |date=1950 |publisher=Harper |location=New York |OCLC=2015692}}

*{{cite book |first1=Charles Freer |last1=Andrews |author-link1=Charles Freer Andrews |first2=Marjorie |last2=Sykes |title=Representative Writings |date=1973 |publisher=National Book Trust, India |location=New York |OCLC=1302816}}

*{{cite book |last1=Vinobā |author-link1=Vinoba Bhave |first2=Marjorie |last2=Sykes |title=Shanti sena |date=1963 |publisher=Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan |location=Rajghat |OCLC=1995857}}