Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.3.9 Socio-religious reform movements

3.3.9.13 Women's question and organisations: Pandita Ramabai to the All India Women's Conference

From the 1880s Indian women began to speak and organise for themselves: they wrote against patriarchy, opened schools and homes, and by the 1920s formed national organisations that took up education, legal rights and the vote.

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Key terms

  • Pandita Ramabai
  • Sharada Sadan
  • Rukhmabai
  • Tarabai Shinde
  • Women's Indian Association
  • AIWC
  • Sarojini Naidu
  • Muthulakshmi Reddi
  • Rokeya
  • Malabari
  • Veeresalingam

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