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🔆 Women’s Organizations

📍 The Ladies Society in Calcutta
- Year: 1882
- Founder: Swarnakumari Devi (sister of Rabindranath Tagore)
- Focus Area: Educating and imparting livelihood skills to widows.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ She was the editor of the women's journal *Bharati* making her the first Indian woman editor.
✅ Educated widows and empowered them through skill development.

📍 Arya Mahila Samaj (Pune)
- Year: 1882
- Founder: Ramabai Saraswati
- Focus Area: Welfare & social work.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Provided education to women and fought against child marriage.
✅ Opened Sharada Sadan in Mumbai in 1889 for the education of child widows.

📍 Young Women’s Christian Association
- Year: 1896
- Founder: Ms. Alice M. Bethune
- Focus Area: Education, welfare, moral development.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Helped young Christian women.
✅ Taught them good values and leadership skills.

📍 Bengal Women’s Education League
- Year: 1902
- Founder: Abala Bose
- Focus Area: Women’s education, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Started schools and colleges for girls.
✅ Helped women who were in need.

📍 Bharat Mahila Parishad
- Year: 1905
- Founder: Ramabai Ranade
- Focus Area: Child, Women.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ The women’s wing of the National Conference (part of Indian National Congress).
✅ Focused on child marriage, widow conditions, dowry, and other social customs.

📍 Bharat Stri Mandal; Calcutta
- Year: 1910
- Founder: Saralabala Devi Chaudhurani
- Focus Area: Women’s education and Emancipation.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ One of the first major women's organizations in India.
✅ Focused on women’s education and empowerment.

📍 All India Muslim Women’s Conference
- Year: 1914
- Founder: Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on educating Muslim women and ensuring a better life for them.

📍 Women’s Volunteer Corps
- Year: 1916
- Founder: -
- Focus Area: Voluntary service, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on helping women in distress.
✅ Worked in emergencies and taught important life skills.

📍 Indian Women’s Association (IWA)
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Annie Besant, Muthulakshmi Reddy
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked to help women and make society better.
✅ Focused on skill-building and financial independence for women.

📍 Madras Women’s Indian Association
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Anandibai Joshee, B. Ramachandra Rao
- Focus Area: Women’s education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Aimed to improve women’s education and provide them with more rights.

📍 Women’s Indian Association (WIA)
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins
- Focus Area: Education, social reform.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked to help women gain equal rights.
✅ Started schools and fought against child marriage.

📍 National Council For Women
- Year: 1925
- Founder: Lady Aberdeen and Lady Meherbai Tata
- Focus Area: Religion, education, politics, philanthropy.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Formed under the International Council of Women.
✅ Focused on improving the rights and social status of women.

📍 All India Women’s Conference (AIWC)
- Year: 1927
- Founder: Margaret Cousins
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked for improving women’s health, education, and social status.
✅ Set up schools, colleges, and hostels for women.

📍 The Desh Sevika Sangh (National Women’s Volunteer Organisation)
- Year: 1930
- Founder: -
- Focus Area: Self-rule for Women.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on eradicating liquor drinking and promoting Khaddar (hand-spun cloth).
✅ Helped women take part in the freedom movement.

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🔆 Women’s Organizations

📍 The Ladies Society in Calcutta
- Year: 1882
- Founder: Swarnakumari Devi (sister of Rabindranath Tagore)
- Focus Area: Educating and imparting livelihood skills to widows.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ She was the editor of the women's journal *Bharati* making her the first Indian woman editor.
✅ Educated widows and empowered them through skill development.

📍 Arya Mahila Samaj (Pune)
- Year: 1882
- Founder: Ramabai Saraswati
- Focus Area: Welfare & social work.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Provided education to women and fought against child marriage.
✅ Opened Sharada Sadan in Mumbai in 1889 for the education of child widows.

📍 Young Women’s Christian Association
- Year: 1896
- Founder: Ms. Alice M. Bethune
- Focus Area: Education, welfare, moral development.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Helped young Christian women.
✅ Taught them good values and leadership skills.

📍 Bengal Women’s Education League
- Year: 1902
- Founder: Abala Bose
- Focus Area: Women’s education, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Started schools and colleges for girls.
✅ Helped women who were in need.

📍 Bharat Mahila Parishad
- Year: 1905
- Founder: Ramabai Ranade
- Focus Area: Child, Women.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ The women’s wing of the National Conference (part of Indian National Congress).
✅ Focused on child marriage, widow conditions, dowry, and other social customs.

📍 Bharat Stri Mandal; Calcutta
- Year: 1910
- Founder: Saralabala Devi Chaudhurani
- Focus Area: Women’s education and Emancipation.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ One of the first major women's organizations in India.
✅ Focused on women’s education and empowerment.

📍 All India Muslim Women’s Conference
- Year: 1914
- Founder: Begum Jahanara Shahnawaz
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on educating Muslim women and ensuring a better life for them.

📍 Women’s Volunteer Corps
- Year: 1916
- Founder: -
- Focus Area: Voluntary service, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on helping women in distress.
✅ Worked in emergencies and taught important life skills.

📍 Indian Women’s Association (IWA)
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Annie Besant, Muthulakshmi Reddy
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, social welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked to help women and make society better.
✅ Focused on skill-building and financial independence for women.

📍 Madras Women’s Indian Association
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Anandibai Joshee, B. Ramachandra Rao
- Focus Area: Women’s education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Aimed to improve women’s education and provide them with more rights.

📍 Women’s Indian Association (WIA)
- Year: 1917
- Founder: Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins
- Focus Area: Education, social reform.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked to help women gain equal rights.
✅ Started schools and fought against child marriage.

📍 National Council For Women
- Year: 1925
- Founder: Lady Aberdeen and Lady Meherbai Tata
- Focus Area: Religion, education, politics, philanthropy.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Formed under the International Council of Women.
✅ Focused on improving the rights and social status of women.

📍 All India Women’s Conference (AIWC)
- Year: 1927
- Founder: Margaret Cousins
- Focus Area: Women’s rights, education, welfare.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Worked for improving women’s health, education, and social status.
✅ Set up schools, colleges, and hostels for women.

📍 The Desh Sevika Sangh (National Women’s Volunteer Organisation)
- Year: 1930
- Founder: -
- Focus Area: Self-rule for Women.
- Activities & Achievements:
✅ Focused on eradicating liquor drinking and promoting Khaddar (hand-spun cloth).
✅ Helped women take part in the freedom movement.

#history #prelims

Join @CSE_EXAM
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