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What's a common thread that connects remarkable women such as Tun Tun, Bibha Chowdhury and Pandita Ramabai?That they were born, lived and worked between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, when being a woman was a challenging experience, shaped by caste, religion, place of residence, class and occupation. These women dared to go against social conventions and made their mark in traditionally male-dominated spaces and professions, paving the way for the women of today.

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Anwesha Sengupta teaches history at the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. She has a PhD in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Simantini Mukhopadhyay is a development economist with a PhD in Economics from the University of Calcutta. She works at the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata. Supurna Banerjee is a feminist sociologist with a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh. She works at the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata.

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