Katherine Mayo
Katherine Mayo (January 27, 1867 – October 9, 1940) was an American historian and nativist. Mayo entered the public sphere as a political writer advocating
American nativism, opposition to non-white and
Catholic immigration to the United States, along with promoting racist stereotypes of African Americans. She became known for denouncing the
Philippine Declaration of Independence on
racialist and religious grounds, and then went on to publish and promote her best-known work, ''
Mother India'' (1927), a deeply critical book on Indian society, religion, and culture. Written in opposition to the
Indian independence movement, the book received a sharply divided reception upon its publication and was accused by several authors of being Indophobic, including
Mahatma Gandhi.
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