Women pioneers: India

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Force Of Nature: All About Eve

08/03/2007

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First Mover Here is a list of pioneers among Indian women in various fields:

GRADUATES: Kadambini Ganguly, Chandramukhi Basu (1883)

LAWYER: Cornelia Sorabjee (1924)

PHYSICIAN: Kadambini Ganguly (1886)

WOMEN'S COLLEGE: Bethune College, Kolkata (1879)

OSCAR WINNER: Bhanu Athaiya (1982)

TO SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL: Miss Arati Saha (1959)

PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: Annie Besant (1917)

UNION CABINET MINISTER: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health, 1947)

CHIEF MINISTER: Sucheta Kripalani (UP, 1963)

GOVERNOR: Sarojini Naidu (UP, 1947)

SPEAKER OF STATE ASSEMBLY: Shanno Devi (Haryana, ’66)

ASIAD GOLD MEDALIST: Kamaljit Sandhu (1970)

OLYMPIC MEDALIST: Karnam Malleswari (2000)

INDIAN POLICE SERVICE OFFICER: Kiran Bedi (1972)

TO CLIMB MT EVEREST: Bachendri Pal (1984)

LIEUTENANT GENERAL: Punita Arora (2004)

AIR MARSHAL: Padmavathy Bandopadhyay (2004)

ARMY MEDAL WINNER: Bimla Devi (1990)

COMMERCIAL PILOT: Prem Mathur (1951)

AIRLINE PILOT: Durga Banerjee (1966)

JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT: M Fatima Beevi (1989)

CIVIL PILOT: Beant Kaur

PRESIDENT OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Vijayalakshmi Pandit (1953)

CHIEF JUSTICE OF A HIGH COURT: Leila Seth (1991) Over 54% of pregnant women in India are anaemic

Only 43% of births are attended by trained staff

For every 1 lakh live births, there are 301 maternal deaths

70% of the female workforce is engaged in agriculture, yet only 10% of female farmers are landowners

Women's wage for casual labour is 65% of the male wage in rural areas and 61% in urban areas