Author: Rekha Mody
Publisher: Stree Shakti Publication
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 214
ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A
Description
This book contextualizes the experience of women in India from the earliest recorded times to the mid-20th century.
It is a compilation in one book the histories of women through the centuries, of all faiths, castes and communities. The focus is on making women visible and creating public awareness of the positive role that women have played in the souci-economic and cultural life of India. Living women have not been included as they are still making history.
The Editor and the Publishers have tried to make this collection as comprehensive and authentic as possible.
Contents
WOMEN IN MODERN TIMES
Meera Mukherjee
T. Balasaraswati
Indira Gandhi
Begum Akhtar
Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan
Amrita Shergill
Mother Teresa
Aruna Asaf Ali
Durgabai G.Deshmukh
Devika Rani Roerich
Sucheta Kripalani
Violet Alva
Mahadevi Varma
Siddheshwari Devi
Begum Anis Kidwai
Mavis Dunn Lynogdoh
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Lila Roy
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Lakshmi N.Menon
Hansa Mehta
Anandamayi Ma
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
S. Muthulakshmi Reddy
Unnava Lakshmibayamma
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein
Sarojini Naidu
The Mother
Margaret Cousins
Matangini Hazra
Kasturba Gandhi
Sister Nivedita
Madam Bhikhaiji Rustom Cama
Kadambini Ganguli
Pandita Rambai
Swarnakumari Devi Toru Dutt
Sarada Mad
Annie Besant
Hazrat Mahal; Begum
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
Faizunnessa Chaudhurani
Rani Rashmoni
WOMEN SCHOLARS, WRITERS AND POETS
Bahinabai
Gulbadan Begum
Meera Bai
Lalla Ded
Akka Mahadevi
Karaikkal Ammaiyar
Vidyottama
NOTABLE QUEENS OF PAST AGES
Ahalyabai
Nur Jahan
Chand Bibi
Rani Durgavati
Rudramba
Razia Sultana
Minal Devi
Didda
Prabhavati Devi
Dhruv Devi
WOMEN IN BUDDHISM AND JAINISM
Sanghamitra
Mahapajapati Gotami
Amrapali
Mallinath
WOMEN IN THE VEDAS
Lopamudra
Sulabha Maitreyi
Ghosha
Gargi
BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES
Ancient and Early Women
Apala
Vishwavara
Shashwati
Romasha
Patachara
Keshema
Vishakha
Kripi
Khona
Rajyashri
Shila Mahadevi
Bharati
Avantisundari
Kundavai
Kolavati
Trabhuvana-Mahadevi
Sule Sankavva
Shantala Devi
Naikidevi
Lilavati
Samyogita
Avvaiyar
Janabai
Bibi Zulikha
Bibi Fatima Saam
Anupama
Queens of Chittor
Kamala Devi
Romi
Habba Khatoon
Jahnava
Vishnupriya
Panna Dhai
Tarabai
Rani Rupmati
Atukuri Molla
Jodhabai
Mumtaz Mahal
Priyambada
Jijabai
Jahan Ara
Umayamma
Sanciya Honnamma
Chennammaji
Muddupalani
Sada Kaur
Begum Samroo
Rani Channamma
NINTEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY WOMEN
The Begums of Bhopal
Rani Gauri Parvatibai
Rashsundari Devi
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Muktabai
Edith M. Pechey-Phipson
Tarabai Shinde
Sarat Kumari Chaudhurani
Krupa Bai Saathianadhan
Ramabai Ranade
Binodini Dasi
Krishnabhaini Das
Lady Abala Bose
Kamini Ray
Anandibai Joshi
Cornelia Sorabji
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
Taiyebba Begum
Mehribai Tata
Rani Chimnabai Gaekwad ii
Basanti Devi
Avantika Bai Gokhale
Sharda Ben Mehta
Urmila Devi
Rukhmabai
Sunayani Devi
Anusuya Ben Sarabhai
Mary Poonen Luxose Nellie Sengupta
Subhamma Duvvuri
Perin Ben Captain
Nanibala Devi
Meera Behn
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Fatima Jinnah
Jyotirmoyee Devi
Anusuya Bai Kale
Usha Devi Mitra
Rama Devi
Lilavati Munshi
Latika Ghosh
Annie Mascrene
Homvati Devi
Renuka Ray
Anna Chandy
Maniben Kara
Amma A.V. Kuttimalu
Fazilatunnessa Zoha
Begum Liaquat Ali Khan
Rasheed Jahan
Satyawati Devi
Shamsunnahar Mahmud
Lalithambika Antherjanam
Ashapurna Devi
Sumathi Morarjee
Manikuntala Sen
Preetilata Waddedar
Mridula Sarabhai
Bina Das
Saraju Bala
Kalpana Joshi nee Datta
Ismat Chugtai
Rani Gaidinliu
Dayawati Modi
Kanan Devi
Sudhatai Joshi
Hamsa Wadkar
Sulekha Sanyal
Nargis Dutt
Saroj Pathak
Kabita Sinha
Meena Kumari
Anupama Niranjana
Protima Gauri Bedi
Samita Patil
IMPORTANT DATES
EPILOGUE