Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, 2nd June 1953. . Dress Regulations. (For other than Peers and Peeresses). First edition. of the broadside.
London: Earl Marshal's Office, December, 1952. Broadside. 33 x 20.5cm. 2pp. Tape remnants top and botto...
For the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, attendees other than peers and peeresses had to wear "full court dress"
. For women, this meant a court dress with a light veil covering the back of the head, and for men, it was either court dress (with knee breeches or trousers) or morning dress/dark lounge suits. Hats and trains were not permitted for those seated in the main congregation, though tiaras could be worn.
The personal copy of
Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905–1990), who was a Pakistani diplomat and the country’s first female governor.....
She was born Sheila Irene Pant on 13 February 1905 in Almora, British India (today’s India), to a Brahmin family who had converted to Christianity two generations prior......
Academically brilliant, she graduated from the University of Lucknow in 1927 with bachelor’s degrees in economics and theology. She obtained a double master’s degree in economics and sociology in 1929. In 1931, she became professor of economics at Indraprastha College in Delhi, where she met her future husband, lawyer Liaquat Ali Khan, when he visited to deliver a lecture on law......
The couple married in 1932, despite her family’s objection. The bride converted to Islam and took the name Begum Ra’ana. She became involved with the Muslim League, devoting herself to creating political consciousness among the Muslim women in British India......
After the Partition in 1947, Liaquat Ali Khan became Pakistan’s first prime minister. As the first First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Ra’ana founded or helped establish organisations that uplifted women’s rights and women’s public role, such as the Pakistan Women’s National Guard (PWNG), the Women’s Naval Reserves and All Pakistan Women’s Association (APWA). Item #51-6947
Price: $125.00