On Friday, the exhibition ‘Changemakers: The Extraordinary Lives of Ordinary Women in the Bombay Presidency,’ which showcases the lives and works of a hundred women who broke societal prejudices a century ago, was inaugurated at Shanti Sadan in Ahmedabad’s Mirzapur area.
“The exhibition is about the women of the Bombay Presidency who worked for social change a century ago. We assumed that women’s liberation began in Europe, but it began in India as well, albeit in a very different way. “The men were the ones who helped their wives and daughters get an education and find their own freedom,” said the exhibition’s curator, Neeta Premchand.
Shailaja Kalelkar Parikh, the granddaughter of Indian activist and social reformer Acharya Kakasaheb Kalelkar, also attended the exhibition.
“We knew something of the history, but nothing like this, it’s so well thought out,” Parikh said. Little clips and films capture the spirit of the era as well as the legacy that these wonderful women have left for us.”