Women movement in India – part 1 ( Early 19th century )
Social movement has been defined as an organized effort by a group of people either to bring or resist change in the society. Women’s movement is an important variant of social movement in the sense that it aims to bring changes in the institutional arrangements, values, customs and beliefs in the society that have subjugated women over the years. women’s movement is discussed under four broad headings 1.) Reform Movements and Women’s issues, 2.) Women’s participation in the freedom movement & Women Groups 3.) women’s issues in the post- Independence period 4.) Resurgence of women’s movement in the 70s and 80s. Reform Movements and Women’s issues early 19 , 20 century The position of women in India has varied in different periods and in different classes, religion and ethnic groups. By nineteenth century there were several evil social practices like Sati (burning of widow on the funeral pyre of her husband), child marriage, ban on widow remarriage, po...