Sultana's Dream

'''Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (a k a Begum Rokeya). Sultana's Dream' (or The Sultana's Dream''). The Indian Ladies Magazine (Madras), 1905. Also book form: Hossain, Rokeya Sakhawat; Jahan, Roushan (1988). Sultana's Dream and Selections from The Secluded Ones. New York, NY: Feminist Press at CUNY. pp. 1–2. On line from the U of Pennsylvania:

Presents "a feminist utopia (called Ladyland) in which women run everything and men are secluded, in a mirror-image of the traditional practice of purdah." Relevant for an early appearance of flying cars (the "air-car"), the trapping of solar energy, and weather control.

The priority of this story for such inventions is discussed in Ann-Marie Cahill's "On the Lesser Known Sci-Fi Writers Who Predicted Future Technology," on line at BookRiot.com 6 September 2019.

RDE, finishing, 9Sep19