“The Golden Threshold” (1905)was a work of Sarojini Naidu, known by her sobriquet The Nightingale of India (Bharatiya Kokila).
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She is best known as first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
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She joined Mahatma Gandhi in the Dandi March and led the Dharasana Satyagraha, when Gandhi was arrested.
Her other works are:
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The Bird of Time (1912)
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The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring (1917)
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The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India (1947)
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The Feather of the Dawn (1961)
The last two works were published Posthumously.