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Synopsis Women Constitute the backbone of the society and also represent the bulk of the population. The general development of the society is unconceivable unless and until the women march ahead in all walks of life along with men. The present volume on women covers a long period of about forty years from 1950 to 1989 i.e. upto the 9th Lok Sabha. An analytical and comparative approach has been adopted to discuss the different aspects of the study on women. The study has been divided into six chapters. The first Chapter traces the origin and growth of Indian women’s movement, and their ideology in late 19th Century and early 20th Century. The second chapter attempts to probe into the initiative and role of women in the vast field of legislation on a variety of subject concerning women, children and other things in the post-Independence period. The third and fourth Chapters relate to the participation of women in the discussions of Lok Sabha and rajya Sabha on several social, economic and welfare issues. These Chapters also analyese the reasons for the low representation of women in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, their socio-economic background and their experience in politics and government. The fifth Chapter focuses on the implementation of the various measures for the uplift of women while the last chapter makes concluding remarks.