WOMEN: The Emergence of Women's Status from Ancient to Modern India, Role of Women and Women's Organization
Historical data signified that women have had many roles in civilization since ancient times and these roles are changing over the period. In a society, the status of people can be assessed by the importance of women in that culture. Many factors that rationalize the magnitude of India's ancient culture is the respectable place granted to women. In ancient culture, women had to suffer from unequal conditions, but as time passed, females had enhanced their status to get equality to the men. Earlier, women were only allowed for doing domestic activity and their contribution in public was very restricted. The status of women in India has been subjected to many great changes over the past decades. From equal status with men in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period, to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers, the history of women in India has been exciting. However, women in India generally are still exposed to numerous soci...