Objective :
This course intends to acquaint the students with the Feminist Movements and
Women’s History, Gender, Patriarchy and Sexual Division of Labour, Oral Narratives,
Memoirs, Diaries, Autobiographies etc, Women In Ancient Indian Society and Medieval
India, Social Customs and Reform Movements in 19th century India, Sarda Act, 1929 and
Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act, 1937, Women in Indian Freedom Struggle : PreGandhian Phase in India and North-East India
Unit-1 1.01 : Definition and Scope, Feminist Movements and Development
of Women’s History
1.02 : Key Concepts in Women’s Studies – Gender, Patriarchy and
Sexual Division of Labour
1.03 : Sources for Reconstruction of Women’s History – Oral
Narratives, Memoirs, Diaries, Autobiographies etc.
Unit-2 2.01 : Women In Ancient Indian Society : Vedic
Period
2.02 : Status of Women In Buddhism
2.03 : Changing Status of Women in the Subsequent
Periods
2.04 : Women in Medieval India
Unit-3 3.01 : Social Customs and Reform Movements in 19th century India :
Sati, Widow Remarriage, Female Infanticide : Role of Brahmo
Samaj, Arya Samaj , Prarthna Samaj and Aligarh Movement
3.02 : Jyotiba Phule, Pandita Ramabai and Begum
Rukia Sakhawat Hussain
3.03 : Development of Women’s’ Education in 19th and 20th Century :
Role of Social Reformers and Missionaries
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3.04 : Sarda Act, 1929 and Hindu Women’s Right to
Property Act, 1937
Unit-4 4.01 : Development of Women’s Organization : Women’s
Conference, 1910 and National Council of Women in India
4.02 : Demand for Women’s Franchise
4.03 : Women in Indian Freedom Struggle : Pre-
Gandhian Phase
4.04 : Women in Freedom Struggle : Gandhian Phase
4.05 : Women in Revolutionary Movement
Unit-5 5.01 : Women, Society and Patriarchy in Medieval
Assam
5.02 : Social Reform Movement in 19th and 20th
Century
5.03 : Development of Women’s Organization in
Assam
5.04 : Women in Freedom Struggle in North East
India
Suggested Readings:
Altekar, A.S : The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
Chakravarti, Uma : Re-writing History: the Life and Times of Pandita
Ramabai
Desai Neera & Usha Thakkaar (eds) : Women in Indian Society.
Forbes, Geraldine : Women in Modern India
Kumar, Radha : The History of Doing
Krishnamurthy, J (ed) : Women in Colonial India
Lerner, Gerda : The Creation of Patriarchy
Majumdar, V. : Studies on the Political Status of Women in India
Mukherjee, P. : Hindu Women Normative Models
Nair, Janaki : Women and Law in Colonial India
Roy, KumKum. (ed). : Women in Early Indian Societies
Sangari Kumkum & Sudesh Vaid
(ed). : Recasting Women Essays in Colonial History
Sharma, D : The Role of the Assamese Women in the Freedom
Movements
Swarup Hemlata, Bisaria Sarojini : Women, Politics and Religion.
Thorner, Alice& M. Krishnaraj : Ideal, Images and Real lives, essays on
women, history and literature
Walters, Margaret : Feminism, A Very Short Introduction.
This course intends to acquaint the students with the Feminist Movements and
Women’s History, Gender, Patriarchy and Sexual Division of Labour, Oral Narratives,
Memoirs, Diaries, Autobiographies etc, Women In Ancient Indian Society and Medieval
India, Social Customs and Reform Movements in 19th century India, Sarda Act, 1929 and
Hindu Women’s Right to Property Act, 1937, Women in Indian Freedom Struggle : PreGandhian Phase in India and North-East India
Unit-1 1.01 : Definition and Scope, Feminist Movements and Development
of Women’s History
1.02 : Key Concepts in Women’s Studies – Gender, Patriarchy and
Sexual Division of Labour
1.03 : Sources for Reconstruction of Women’s History – Oral
Narratives, Memoirs, Diaries, Autobiographies etc.
Unit-2 2.01 : Women In Ancient Indian Society : Vedic
Period
2.02 : Status of Women In Buddhism
2.03 : Changing Status of Women in the Subsequent
Periods
2.04 : Women in Medieval India
Unit-3 3.01 : Social Customs and Reform Movements in 19th century India :
Sati, Widow Remarriage, Female Infanticide : Role of Brahmo
Samaj, Arya Samaj , Prarthna Samaj and Aligarh Movement
3.02 : Jyotiba Phule, Pandita Ramabai and Begum
Rukia Sakhawat Hussain
3.03 : Development of Women’s’ Education in 19th and 20th Century :
Role of Social Reformers and Missionaries
58
3.04 : Sarda Act, 1929 and Hindu Women’s Right to
Property Act, 1937
Unit-4 4.01 : Development of Women’s Organization : Women’s
Conference, 1910 and National Council of Women in India
4.02 : Demand for Women’s Franchise
4.03 : Women in Indian Freedom Struggle : Pre-
Gandhian Phase
4.04 : Women in Freedom Struggle : Gandhian Phase
4.05 : Women in Revolutionary Movement
Unit-5 5.01 : Women, Society and Patriarchy in Medieval
Assam
5.02 : Social Reform Movement in 19th and 20th
Century
5.03 : Development of Women’s Organization in
Assam
5.04 : Women in Freedom Struggle in North East
India
Suggested Readings:
Altekar, A.S : The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
Chakravarti, Uma : Re-writing History: the Life and Times of Pandita
Ramabai
Desai Neera & Usha Thakkaar (eds) : Women in Indian Society.
Forbes, Geraldine : Women in Modern India
Kumar, Radha : The History of Doing
Krishnamurthy, J (ed) : Women in Colonial India
Lerner, Gerda : The Creation of Patriarchy
Majumdar, V. : Studies on the Political Status of Women in India
Mukherjee, P. : Hindu Women Normative Models
Nair, Janaki : Women and Law in Colonial India
Roy, KumKum. (ed). : Women in Early Indian Societies
Sangari Kumkum & Sudesh Vaid
(ed). : Recasting Women Essays in Colonial History
Sharma, D : The Role of the Assamese Women in the Freedom
Movements
Swarup Hemlata, Bisaria Sarojini : Women, Politics and Religion.
Thorner, Alice& M. Krishnaraj : Ideal, Images and Real lives, essays on
women, history and literature
Walters, Margaret : Feminism, A Very Short Introduction.
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