Women in History : Festschrift in Honour of Prof. I. Lakshmi

Contents: Preface. 1. Savithribai Phule: the first great woman teacher of India-a historical study/Indira. 2. Ambedkar’s philosophical views on women/Seshagiri Rao Regulagadda. 3. Women education through ages in India/Saidulu Bhukya and Suresh P. 4. Women’s education and socio-economic development: the long journey to the contemporary period/Atoosa Bahadori. 5. Writing for multiple identities: Dalit women’s autobiography/Ashok Bandla. 6. Biographies of Nalgonda women participants in Telangana armed struggle/Venkata Ratnam. 7. Depiction of women at sub schools of Hyderabad a study of miniature art under Nawabs and Samasthanas/Lavanya B. 8. Regional imaginery in literary writings on partition: the case of H.V.Savitramna/Nikhila H. 9. Tirumalamba-historian poetess of Vijayanagara period/Varalakshmi R. 10. Role of journals in the mobilization of women in Andhra during 20th century/Pakala Vijaya. 11. Historical narratives of Tibetan women in exile/Limakumla. 12. Women in Indian national movement (unseen faces)/Venkateswar Rao Telluri. 13. Hyderabad freedom struggle—the role of Andhra Mahila Sabha 1930-44 A.D.-a study/Ramesh Panneeru. 14. Role of women in Hyderabad state-the communist perspective/Rajashekhar. 15. Beacon of hope to the underprivileged and Dalit Masses: Smt. J. Eashwari Bai/Sunitha K.S. 16. The historic role of Telangana women/Paandaib K. 17. History makers and identity carriers: a silent history of Angami Naga Women/Vitsou Yano. 18. Ethnographic study of Chenchu women in Andhra Pradesh/Srinivas B. and Varalakshmi R. 19. Alexandra David Neel: The first woman explorer in Tibet-a historical study/Monalisha Khakhlari. 20. Evolution of the women in Indian society: a critical over view/K. Govinda and Srujan Kumar G. 21. The women in history of Rajasthan with special reference to Srimat Prataparanayanam of Ogeti Parikshit Sharma/Geetha K. 22. Madhura Vijayam-a historical Sanskrit Kavya by Ganga Devi/Karuna Reddy P. 23. Status of women in society/S. Anjaiab. 24. Personality development of girl child labourers of rural India/Arunjyothi R. 25. Women in power after Independence of India (1947-2014) A.D. (A study of chief Ministers)/P. Ravi. Index.

This edited volume consisted of 25 articles on women from different areas and ages contributed by different scholars. This book highlighted women through various point of view. Mostly it stressed on women’s role, education, identity, socio-economic conditions, status, etc. (jacket)