Women Pioneers - In India's Renaissance

Author: Sushila Nayar
Kamla Mankekar/
Editor: Sushila Nayar, Kamla Mankekar
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2002/2005
Language: English
Pages: 447
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123737661

Description

How much does the present generation know about the remarkable endeavor and struggles that women underwent to bring themselves to where they stand today. This volume brings to us their struggles, aspirations and achievements.

Indian renaissance which coincided with the rise and growth of Indian nationalism and its culmination in freedom for the country, is singularly marked by the active role of a large number of women. Each of these women pioneers have, in their chosen mission, brought to it all the energy, mission and quality of service and sacrifice which lay within her. They thus not only enriched numerous other lives, but also gave shape to a modern India.

This volume brings to us their struggles aspirations and achievements. Each life sketch and memoir in this volume, bears the imprint of author’s close association with these pioneering women and hence makes it a unique document for the present and future.

Contents

Reface
Acknowledgement
Introduction

CULTURE AND SOCIETY
1. Toru Dutt (1856-1877): Amiya Rao
2. Sister Nivedita (1867-1957): Lakshmi N. Menon
3. Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani (1834-1903): Miratun Nahar
4. Annie Besant (1847-1933): Lakshmi N. Menon
5. Ramabai Ranade (1862-1924): Shobhana Ranade
6. Pandita Ramabai Saraswati (1858-1922): Surekha Panandiker
7. Savitribai Phule (1831-1897) Pramila Dandavate
8. Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904-1948) Kanchanlata Sabarwal
9. Lady Premleela Thackersey (1894-1977): Shobhana Ranade
10. Sarojini Naidu (1876-1949): Sushila Nayar
11. Welthy H Fisher (1879-1980): Kanchanlata Sabarwal
12. Rokeya (1880-1932): Miratun Nahar
13. Mahadevi Verma (1907-1987): Kanchanlata Sabarwal
14. Jyotirmoyee Devi (1894-1988) Ashoka Gupta
15. Kulsum Sayani (1900-1987): Usha Mehta
16. Rani Rajwade (1887-1984): Usha Devi Rajwade
17. Vidya Gauri Nilkanth (1876-1958): Aparna Basu
18. Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986): Yamini Krishnamurthy
19. Margaret Cousins (1878-1954): k. Lakshmi Raghuramiah
20. Lady Abala Bose (1865-1951): Phulrenu Guha
21. Kumari Lajjawati (1898-1984): Surrendar Saini
22. Begum Akhtar (1914-1974): Sheila Dhar

FREEDOM AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION
23. Mata Kasturba (1869-1944): Sushila Nayar
24. Basanti Debi Chittaranjan Das (1880-1974): Phulrenu Guha
25. Sarala Devi Chaudhrani (1872-1945): Bharati Ray
26. Nellie Sengupta (1886-1973): Phulrenu Guha
27. Shoilabala Das (1875-1968): Ranjana Harish
28. Mira Behn (1892-1982): Sushila Nayar
29. Naroji Sisters: Perinben (1888-1958), Goshiben (1904-1976), Khurshidben
(1917-1968): Usha Mehta & Aloo J. Dastur
30. Mithuben Petit (1892-1973): Usha H. Gokani
31. Mithan J. Lam (1898-1981): Sona Surveyor
32. Kamala Nehru (1900-1936): Promilla Kalhan
33. Rama Devi Chowdhury (1899-1985): Annapurna Das
34. Anasuyaben Sarabhai (1885-1972): Indira Hirway
35. Asha Devi Aryanayakam (1901-1972): Sushila Nayar
36. Chandraprova Saikiani (1901-1972): Bharati Baruna
37. Sharadebehn Mehta (1882-1970): Purnima Mehta Bhatt
38. Mata Rameshwari Nehru (1886-1996): Sushila Nayar
39. Prabhawati Devi (1906-1973): Asha Prasad
40. Sophia Khan (1916-1961): Usha Mehta
41. Ashalata Sen (1894-1986): Anita Sen
42. Satyavati Devi (1904-1945): Aruna Asaf Ali
43. Maniben Patel (1903-1990): Usha Mehta
44. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (1889-1964): Sushila Nayar
45. Jethinben Tulsidas Siphilmalani (1906-1978): Usha Mehta
46. Maniben Nanavati (1905-2000): Usha Mehta
47. Maniben Kara (1905-1979): Leela S. Patel

MAKING A NEW INDIA
48. Leela Roy (1900-1970): Shila Sen
49. Vijay a Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990): Nayantara Sahgal
50. Sucheta Kripalani (1906-1974): Sushila Nayar
51. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya (1903-1990): Santosh Mahendrajit Singh
52. Mridula Sarabhai (1911-1974): Aparna Basu
53. Aruna Asaf Ali (1906-1996): Kamla Mankekar
54. Hansa Mehta (1897-1995): Anjani Mehta
55. Sita Devi (1910-1974): Manorama Dewan
56. Renuka Ray (1904-1997): Mandira sen
57. Muthulakshmi Reddi (1886-1968): Saronini Varadappan
58. Durgabai Deshmukh (1909-1981): Kamla Mankekar
59. Indira Priyadarshini (1917-1984): Pupul Jayakar
60. Mary Clubwala Jadav (1908-1975): K Lakshmi Raghuramiah
61. Jayashri Raiji (1895-1985): Manjari Yoga
62. Soundram Ramachandran (1905-1984): Sushila Nayar
63. Prema Kantak (1905-1985): Rohini Gawankar
64. Premvati Thapar (1901-1988): Surrendar Saini
65. Lakshmi N. Menon (1899-1994): Shobhana Ranade & Sushila Nayar
66. Malati Nabakrushna Choudhari (1904-1997): Krishna Mohanty
67. Usha Mehta (1920-1999): Aloo J. Dastur

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