This book is about twelve women who, in the course of their lives, challenged an exploitative status quo, and worked, independently and together, to build a movement for women's emancipation in India. Theses are extraordinary stories of extraordinary lives.
Preface | VII |
Introduction by Brinda Karat | t 1 |
Ahilya Rangnekar | 7 |
Ila Bhattacharya | 21 |
Kanak Mukherjee | 30 |
Lakshmi Sahgal | 40 |
Mallu Swarajyam | 54 |
Mangaleswari Deb Burma | 68 |
Manjari Gupta | 79 |
Moturu Udayam | 90 |
Pankaj Acharya | 101 |
Pappa Umanath | 105 |
Suseela Gopalan | 119 |
Vimal Ranadive | 131 |
Index | 145 |
This book is about twelve women who, in the course of their lives, challenged an exploitative status quo, and worked, independently and together, to build a movement for women's emancipation in India. Theses are extraordinary stories of extraordinary lives.
Preface | VII |
Introduction by Brinda Karat | t 1 |
Ahilya Rangnekar | 7 |
Ila Bhattacharya | 21 |
Kanak Mukherjee | 30 |
Lakshmi Sahgal | 40 |
Mallu Swarajyam | 54 |
Mangaleswari Deb Burma | 68 |
Manjari Gupta | 79 |
Moturu Udayam | 90 |
Pankaj Acharya | 101 |
Pappa Umanath | 105 |
Suseela Gopalan | 119 |
Vimal Ranadive | 131 |
Index | 145 |