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Women like Kalpana Chawla- the Indian born, who fought her way up into NASA and was the first women in space, Indira Gandhi-the Iron Woman of India, who was the Prime Minister of the Nation, Mother Teresa- the icon of service and spiritual strength, Medha Patkar- the woman who is able to hear the cries of the Narmada valley, Savitri Bai Phule- the pioneer of women’s education in India, Dr. Kiren Bedi- the first woman IPS, who first raised her voice against the gender bias and fought for women’s equality, Rani Maria who laid down her life for saving the rural villagers, are the women who remind us day in and out the difference they made.

The countless other women who toil hard with their tireless spirit and determination to compete in this ocean of humanity to fulfil their dreams, their hopes, their aspirations and hold on to their commitment and determination has inspired me in my life’s journey. It is their ceaseless search for meaning and fulfilment that challenged me to put down my thoughts. It is their energy and vitality that boosts my spirit to forge ahead. It is their names that are written in golden letters in the blue sky ‘God created women because He could not be present everywhere’.

Mary Scaria

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Mary Scaria SCJM is a practicing advocate of the Supreme Court of India. She has authored and edited many books such as Minorities In the Present Political Scenario, Law and Your Rights, Human Rights : A Close Look, Maid in Hell, Woman : An Endangered Species, The Unknown Face of the Church, Worship: Promotion of Justice and Peace, The Voice of a Child in Favour of a Child, Law & Gender Justice etc…

Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgement
The Beauty of a Woman
Introduction PART – I
They continue to make a difference
1. Arnica Singh
2. Amiradha Goburdhun Bakhshi
3. Armida Fernandez
4. Arumi Rov
5. Arundhati Rov
6. Brinda Karat
7. Gvnl Mooney
8. Celine
9. Davabai
10. M. FathimaBeevi
11 Flavia Agnes
12. Gita Melua
13. Gladys Staines.
14 Gloria Benny
15. IndiraJai Singh
16. Indu Shahani
17. G. K.Janu
18. Jeanne Devos
19. JvotsnaGhatterji
20. Kamla Bhasin.
21. Kapila Vatsyayan
22. Kiran Bedi
23. KiranDesai
24. Lata Mangeshkar
25. Lata Pratibha Madhukar
26. LeilaSeth
27. Madhu Purnima Kishwar
28. Mahasweta Devi
29. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
30. Mamta Banerjee.
31. ManekaGandhi
32. Mata Amritanandamayi
33. Mayawati
34. MedhaPatkar
35. MeiraKumar.
36. Minna Kabir
37. MinaSwaminathan
38. MohiniGiri
39. Mrinal Pande.
40. NanditaHaksar
41. Nirmala.
42. PalakMuchhal
43. PinkiVirani
44. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
45. PunitaArora.
46. RajniTilak.
47. RaniJethmalani
48. Ranjana Kumari
49. Rinki Bhattacharya
50. Rohini Godbole
51. RumaPal
52. RuthManorama
53. SantoshYadav
54. Sarojini Sahoo
55. Seema Mustafa.
56. Shabana Azmi
57. Shabnam Hashmi
58. ShanthaSinha
59. Sheila Dikshit
60. Shobha De
61. Shruri Nagvanshi
62. Sonia Gandhi
63. Suhha.shini Ali
64. SudliaVaighe.se
65. Sujata Manohar
66. Sunita Narain
67. Nyeda Saividain Ha’meed
68. Tanika Sarkar
69. Tara GandhiBhattacharjee .
70. Teesta Setalvad
71. P.T. Uslia
72. Valsala George
73. Vandana Shiva.
74. Vandana Ma raj
75. VijavalakshmiRavindranath
76. Virginia Saldanha
PART – II They left behind a legacy
77. Anirita Pritani
78. Anirita Slier-Gil
79. Aruna Asaf Ali
80. Asima
81. Banoo lehangir Coyaji
82. Bhikhaiji Rusrom Cama
83. Durgabai Deshnuikh
84. Hansa Mehta
85. Indira Gandhi
86. Kalpana Chawla
87. KamaladeviGhattopadhyay
88. Kasturba Gandhi
89. Mridula Sarabhai
90. MorherTeresa
91. Pandita Ramabai.
92. Pritilata Waddedar
93. Rani Maria
94. Raj Kumari Anirit Kaur
95. Renuka Ray
96. Rukmini Devi Arundale
97. Sarojini Naidu
98. Savitribai Phule
99. M.S. Subbulakshmi
lOO.Sucheta Kriplani
101. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
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