A Brief Introduction: Indian Women's Activism in the 19th and 20th Century

Name: A Brief Introduction: Indian Women's Activism in the 19th and 20th Century
Author: Elisabeth Armstrong, fl. 2016

written by Elisabeth Armstrong, fl. 2016 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2017), 23 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: From its inception, the Indian women’s movement had three overlapping strands: leftist feminism, social reform feminism and nationalist feminism. These three strands are often portrayed as historical phases of the Indian women’s movement. In fact, throughout the 20th century these strands have nourished and clashed with each other in generative ways.
Field of Interest: Women and Social Movements
Author: Elisabeth Armstrong, fl. 2016
Collection: Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Content Type: Essay
Duration: 0 sec
Format: Text
Page Count: 23
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Alexander Street
Place Published / Released: Alexandria, VA
Subject: Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Politics, Women and Rights, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, All India Democratic Women's Association, All India Women's Conference, India, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Work and Class Identity, Empire and Feminism, Class Discrimination, Nationalism and Independence Movements, Indians (Asian), Adivasi, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
Topic: Empire and Feminism, Class Discrimination, Nationalism and Independence Movements
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher