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The Legend Makers: Some Eminent Muslim Women of India

 
Gouri Srivastava (Author)
Synopsis The book gives a graphic details about the contribution of muslim women in the medieval, modern and in the contemporary periods. These women mentioned in the manuscript are legend makers of their time. Their achievement are deeply embedded in the print and the audio-visual media. The journey towards their goals is a touching story of their trials and successes which have been vividly discussed in their biographical works and other forms of literary expression, e.g. poems, prose and short stories. In fact, their work has become a source of inspiration and motivation not only to muslim women but to all women irrespective of their religion, caste and creed. These handful muslim women discussed in the book belonged to different periods and mainly came from the urban educated and social reformist families. The various activities undertaken by them have tried to de-mystify the stereotypical image of muslim women living in seclusion, segregation and in the zenana apartments. They strove hard to promote the status of women by setting personal examples, opening formal institutions of learning, establishing organization that took up social and educational issues. They motivated women through their writings to come out of seclusion, question irrelevant customs and traditions and gradually opt for education. In fact, the path shown by them have been directly or indirectly responsible for encouraging the enrolment of girls. Especially muslim girls, in the formal institutions of learning in the contemporary times.
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About the author

Gouri Srivastava

Dr. Gouri Srivastava is a Reader in Education at the Department of Women’s Studies, National Council of Education Research and Training. She has done her M.A. and M. Phil at the Jawaharlal Nehru University with high grade points. She did her Ph.D. from Delhi University. Dr. Srivastava has published widely in academic journals and is the author of Women Who Created History, Women’s Higher Education in the 19th Century, Education in India in A Historical Perspective. The Legend Makers Some Eminent Muslim Women of India and the Role of Begams of Bhopal in Educating Girls’ in the mid 19th and 20th Centuries. She is a recipient of Scholarships from Prestigious organizations such as the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) for completing her doctoral work.

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Bibliographic information

Title The Legend Makers: Some Eminent Muslim Women of India
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2003
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 8180690016
length viii+135p., Tables; Notes; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.