Women Participation
Andhra women in the freedom struggle and social reform.
Focus
Salt Satyagraha (1930) opened mass participation. Durgabai Deshmukh — 'Iron Lady of Andhra' — led salt march at Madras.
1917
Women's Indian Association founded (Madras) — Sarojini active
1921
Chirala-Perala — women boycott municipal council
1930
Salt Satyagraha — Durgabai leads Madras march
1937
Andhra Mahila Sabha, Madras — Durgabai
1942
Quit India — women's underground network in Guntur, Krishna
- 1917
Women's Indian Association
- 1925
Sarojini becomes INC president
- 1930
Durgabai leads Madras salt march
Sarojini Naidu
Nightingale of India; INC president 1925 (born Hyderabad)
Durgabai Deshmukh
Salt Satyagraha; founded Andhra Mahila Sabha 1937
Ponaka Kanakamma
Chirala-Perala movement; funded Andhra University land
Unnava Lakshmi Bayamma
Sarada Niketan (widows' home)
Sri Bharati Devi Ranga
Kisan movement leader
Suryadevara Sitaram
Rayalaseema Congress organiser
Nadimpalli Sundaramma
Guntur salt satyagrahi
- Mass picketing of liquor & foreign-cloth shops.
- Setting up women's schools (Andhra Mahila Sabha).
- Rehabilitation of widows and destitute women.
- Providing shelter and funds to underground leaders during Quit India.
Sarojini = poet & national INC leader. Durgabai = grassroots reformer & Planning Commission member.
SDP
Sarojini · Durgabai · Ponaka — Andhra women's freedom trio.
- Sarojini Naidu — INC president 1925.
- Durgabai — Iron Lady of Andhra; Andhra Mahila Sabha 1937.
- Ponaka Kanakamma — Chirala satyagraha and Andhra University donor.
Andhra Mahila Sabha year
MCQSarojini INC presidency year
MCQ