Great Women of India

This volume deals with the ideals of Indian womanhood, its position in Indian life and society through the ages as well as the biographical sketches and contributions of great Indian women who made their mark in different spheres of activities and different periods of Indian history.

It is divided into two main sections. The first gives a general survey of the ideals and position of Indian womanhood in different with a chapter on the evolution of Mother worship in India. This in intended to emphasize not only the highest conception of woman as mother but also her potentialities as an instrument for realizing the divine the highest honor and reverence that a community can offer to its womanhood. This section mainly seeks to review in a general way what Indian woman was in the past and what she is present pointing to the obvious conclusion what she may be in the future.