Women in the Indian National Movement: Unseen Faces and Unheard Voices, 1930-42

by Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert

Most studies of the role of women in the Indian national movement have concentrated on the contribution made by only a handful of prominent women leaders such as Sarojini Naidu, Vijaylakshmi Pandit, Sucheta Kripalani and Annie Besant. Less acknowledged but equally forceful was the participation of hundreds of women at the local level-out in the streets as well as inside their homes. This book, significantly, focuses on the nationalist participation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761934073
• ISBN13: 9780761934073
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"