TRAILBLAZERS - First Women Of South India

By telling the history of the ‘The First Women of South India’ and the way these women constructed history, this book sheds light on them. Through the biographies of these successful women, this book tells us that the experiences and achievements of women depended on family, caste, class, the public space they lived in, and the politics they followed. Presenting the history of nearly 45 first women in a narrative style, Nivedita Louis compiles this book like an encyclopaedia. The historical information she has perused to give us this treasure trove is rare. They are mostly passed down as oral histories from family members of these women. Louis unearths and interprets historical events that do not find their place in archives or newspapers through women’s experiences. In this way, this book is also a history of women’s experiences