In the post-Independence period during the first few decades, the major concern was for overall economic growth. This western liberalism was extended to the women’s question and was translated into a social reform movement.
At this time, the western idea of liberty, equality and fraternity was being imbibed by our educated elite through the study of English and the contact with west. In the pre-independence era, the women’s movement began as a social reform movement in the 19 th century. Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements, theories and moral philosophies concerned with gender inequalities and equal rights for women. In the Indian context, while the women’s movement is a much earlier phenomenon, the term Feminism is a modern one. Not only in India but all over the world there has been a close link between feminism and the women’s movement, each inspiring and enriching the other. Abstract: The present paper looks at the historical background of the rise of feminism and women’s movement and doing gender in India.
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