Sarojini Naidu (née Sarojini Chattopadhyay) was an Indian poet and political activist best known for being the first female president of the India National Congress. She was also the first woman to be appointed an Indian state governor. The daughter of an educationist and social reformer, she was exposed to revolutionary ideas from a young age. Her family supported her artistic and literary pursuits as well, and she received a good education, a rarity for an Indian woman of her era. As a young woman, she joined the Indian nationalist movement and supported Mahatma Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance against British rule. She was jailed by the British numerous times. Also a feminist, she helped establish the Women's Indian Association. Following India’s independence, she became the governor of the United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh) and held this post until her death. Alongside her active participation in India’s independence movement, she also had a brilliant career as a writer and poet. She was an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was fondly called Bharat Kokila or the Nightingale of India by Mahatma Gandhi. She was married to a physician and had four children, including Padmaja Naidu, who was also a part of the Quit India Movement.