Syllabus

Course Code: WS(C) 03    Course Name: Women's Movements in India

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Concept of Women's Movements: Its Genesis, Genesis of International Women’s Day, Women's Participation in the National Movement with Special Reference to Revolt of 1857, Dandi March Salt Satyagrah (1930), Civil Disobedience Movement (1930), Non-cooperation Movement (1919-1922), Quit India Movement (1942)
2 Social Reformers and Thinkers in India on the Women’s Question: Bhakti Cult and Women, Jyotiba Phule and Savitri Phule, Swami Dayanand, Swami Vivekanand, Bhagini Nivedita, Ishwar Chander Vidyasagar, Mahatma Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, Bhagat Phool Singh, Contemporary Women Writers and Feminism in India; Shashi Deshpande, Taslima Nasreen, Kumkum Sangari, Vina Mazumdar, Neera Desai
3 Women's Movement in Post-independence Period of India, Chipko Movement, Anti Price Rise Movement, Peasant Movement, Anti Arrack Movement, Anti Alcohol, Anti Dowry, Anti Rape Movements (Mathura & Nirbhaya Rape Case)
4 Contribution of Women in the Women's Movement in India: Sarojini Naidu, Kamla Devi Chattopadhya, Vijyalaxmi Pandit, Sucheta Kriplani, Dr. Annie Besant, Dr. Mutthulaxmi Reddy, Durgabai Deshmukh; Impact of Women's Movement on the Social, Cultural, Economic, Political and Legal Condition of Women
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