p. 137

...Parsees against a Hindu and a Mohammedan. Many Hindoos go in street quite freely and unveiled and a society has been formed called Seva Sadan Sisterhood composed of Hindu Parsee and Mohammedan
women, its object being to break down the barriers of religious prejudice and to assist each other in higher culture. In the interim there is a growing sentiment favorable to liberation of women from purdah but each woman hesitates to lead. As a healthy indication of what is coming, some of the Hindoos are explaining that purdah is no part of the Hindu religionbut was forced on them by the Mohammedans.