Women in Modern India
Part of The New Cambridge History of India
- Author: Geraldine Forbes, State University College, Oswego, New York
- Date Published: May 1996
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521268127
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In a compelling study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed women's lives enabling them to take part in public life. Through their own accounts of their lives and activities, she documents the formation of their organisations, their participation in the struggle for freedom, their role in the colonial economy and the development of the women's movement in India since 1947.
Read more- Sympathetic and thorough treatment of history of Indian women through two centuries
- American author well-known and respected in the field
- An accessible, interdisciplinary study which relies on women's accounts of their experiences
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'[The author's] clear, vivid narrative is infused with deep sympathy for her subject and prolific scholarship'. The Times Higher Education Supplement
See more reviews'This book is essential reading for everyone interested in Indian women'. Journal of Asian Studies
'… this is a comprehensive and carefully put together record of the developments that shaped women's lives in India during the 19th and 20th centuries.' Sunday Herald (India)
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- Date Published: May 1996
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521268127
- length: 312 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.63kg
- contains: 17 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
l. Reform in the nineteenth century: efforts to modernize women's roles
2. Education for women
3. The emergence of women's organizations
4. The movement for women's rights
5. Women in the nationalist movement
6. Women's work in colonial India
7. A time of transition
8. Women in independent India
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