Women in India's History
Heroines: Powerful Indian Women Of Myth And History, by Ira Mukhoty [#BookReview] 8 Strong Women Who Changed Indian Political History, Sukhmani Waraich (Vagabomb) Women In Indian history: A Few Vignettes From Epigraphy, Michel Danino Affirmation of women empowerment: Women on Indian coins The Role of Women in the Indian Freedom Moment (India Foundation) Dressing the Indian woman through history (BBC) The Huge Cost of India's Discrimination Against Women (The Atlantic) How The Status Of Women Has Changed In India [Since 1950 Till Date] What these 4 women characters from Indian mythology tell us about rape culture (DailyO.in) Toward a Feminist Politics? The Indian Women’s Movement in Historical Perspective, Samita Sen 8 Indian Women Leaders Who Changed the Face of India Domestic Violence and the Indian Women's Movement: A Short History By Kaamila Patherya These Are The 15 Women Who Helped Draft The Indian Constitution By Yoshita Srivastava 6 Indian Muslim Feminists In History 8 Great and Inspiring Women in the History of Ancient India (Naaree.com) 51 of the Greatest Women in India's History 6 Indian women who made history, Uma Asher (The Telegraph) Women’s History in India: An Historiographical Survey Status of Women in India: A Historical Perspective, Sophie M. Tharakan and Michael Tharakan (Social Scientist) The “Neech” Debate: Here’s What Manu-Smriti, a Favourite of RSS, Has to Say About it (newsclick.in) Manusmriti: The Ultimate Guide To Becoming A ‘Good Woman’ The Status Of Women As Depicted By Manu In The Manusmriti, Hirday N. Patwari Pathbreaking, and Forgotten, Muslim Women from the 20th Century This list is in progress. Please let us know if you know of some good archive on the Internet which concerns us and we may have missed. Please report if you find any dead links. |
While India's history maybe full of cases of discrimination against women, it also shows us examples of brave women who not only fought against the male bias but also made strong careers despite the typical gender roles that the society forced on them. We bring here some online resources on how women featured in India's history. If you know of some similar resources that are not featured here, please let us know.