Savitribai Phule:

   Meet Savitribai Phule (1837-1897), the remarkable social reformer who dedicated her life to improving the lives of marginalized women in India. Alongside her husband Jyotirao, Savitribai played a key role in establishing the first school for girls in India in 1848 at Bhide Wada in Pune. Despite being illiterate when she married, Savitribai went on to become the first Indian woman to be trained as a teacher and headmistress, using her position to fight for the rights of women and against practices such as infanticide and honor killing. In addition to her work as an educator, Savitribai was also a philanthropist who, along with her adopted son Yashwanth, opened a clinic to treat those affected by the third wave of bubonic plague in India. Savitribai's tireless efforts to empower and uplift women in India have left a lasting legacy that continues to inspire change to this day.

Educational Trusts: 

1. The Native Female School 

2. The Society for Promoting the Education for Mahars, Mangs, etc. 

Works: 

1. Kavya Phule (1854) 

2. Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar (1892) 

3. Go, Get Education. (Poem)

Savitribai passed away on March 10, 1897 after contracting the plague while treating a patient, but her legacy lives on as an inspiration to all those who fight for equality and justice.

   Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Neelakanta Shastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986)[1] was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare.

   She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. The most important revivalist of Bharatanatyam from its original 'sadhir' style prevalent amongst the temple dancers, the Devadasis, she also worked for the re-establishment of traditional Indian arts and crafts.

   She espoused the cause of Bharata Natyam which was considered a vulgar art. She 'sanitised' and removed the inherent eroticism of Sadhir to make it palatable to Indian upper-caste elites and the British morality of the era.

   Rukmini Devi features in India Today's list of '100 People Who Shaped India'.[3] She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956,[4] and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1967.

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Ambai whose original name is C.S. Lakshmi is one of Tamil's most famous feminist writer. She has been chosen as one of Sahitya Akademi award winner for her short story collection Sivappu Kazhuttudan oru patchaiparavai. Born in Coimbatore in 1944, Ambai obtained post-graduate degree in history from madras christian college and further pursued her Phd at Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University. She also writes for The Hindu, EPW among others.

   Since her first short story collection Sirakukal Muriyum  she has published many works including Veetin Moolaiyil  Oru samayalarai,Kaatil oru Maan, Vattrum Eriyin Meenkal, Oru karupu silanthiyudan oru Iravu, Andheri Membalathil Oru Santhippu etc.

Books in English

• The Face behind the mask : Women in Tamil literature, Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division (1984)
• A Purple Sea (Translated by Lakshmi Holmstorm), Affiliated East-West Press (1992)
• Body blows: women, violence, and survival : three plays, Seagull Books (2000)
• Seven seas & seven mountains : Volume 1 : The Singer and the Song — Conversations with Women Musicians, Kali for Women (2000)
• Seven seas & seven mountains : Volume 2 : Mirrors and Gestures – Conversations with Women Dancers, Kali for Women (2003)
• (ed.) The Unhurried City – Writings on Chennai, Kali for Women (2003)
• In A Forest, A Deer: Stories By Ambai (Translated by Lakshmi Holmstorm), Katha (2006)
• A Meeting on the Andheri Overbridge: Sudha Gupta Investigates, Juggernaut (2016)

Books in Tamil

• Nandimalai Charalilae (lit. At Nandi Hills) (1962)
• Andhi Malai (lit. Twilight) (1967)
• Sirakukal muriyum (lit. Wings will be broken), Kalachuvadu (1976)
• Veetin mulaiyil oru camaiyalarai (lit. A kitchen in the corner of the house), cre-A (1988)
• Ambai : Kalacchuvadu Nerkanalgal (lit. Kalachuvadu Interviews with Ambai), Kalachuvadu (1998)
• Kaatil Oru Maan (lit. A Deer in the Forest), Kalachuvadu (2000)
• Varrum eriyin meengal (lit. Fish in a drying pond), Kalachuvadu (2007)