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Role of Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy in Contribution Against the Social Evils in Tamil Society
Dr. B. Meharunnisha1
1 Associate Professor of History, Thiru.Vi.Ka. Government Arts College, Tiruvarur, (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli) Tamilnadu, India.
Published Online: July-August 2026
Pages: 275-279
Cite this article
↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20260604031
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16. Presidential Address of Dr. (Mrs.) S. Muthulakshmi Reddi, ex-Deputy President of the Madras Legislative Council, delivered at the Fifth
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2. Basu, Aparna (ed.), Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy: The Pathfinder, AIWC Publishers, 1987.
3. Arumugam, Butchi, et al. (ed.), Some Illustrious Women of India with Special Reference to Tamil Nadu, Asian Printers, Madras, 1975.
4. Bakshi, R. K., Dalit and Human Rights, Akhand Publishing House, New Delhi, 2010.
5. Meharuunisha, B., 2026. Historical Views on Women's Education and Social Reformers in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Research
Publication and Reviews 7(7): 3225–3228. https://doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.07.0726.2140
6. International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship Constitution, London, 1932.
7. Chattopadhyayya, Kamaladevi, Indian Women's Battle for Freedom, Abhinav Publications, New Delhi, 1988.
8. Chattopadhyayya, Kamaladevi, and others, The Awakening of Indian Women, Everyman's Press, Madras, 1939.
9. Kothandarama Aiyar, K. S., The Position of Women, Gajapathy Press, Madras, 1897.
10. Kumar, S., Empowerment of Tribal Women, ALP Books, New Delhi, 2012.
11. Kumar, S., Encyclopedia of Women Studies, Social and Political Empowerment, ALP Books, New Delhi, 2012.
12. Cousins, Margaret Elizabeth, Indian Womanhood Today, Kitabistan, Allahabad, 1941.
13. Reddy, S. Muthulakshmi, Autobiography, M. L. J. Press, Madras, 1964.
14. Reddy, S. Muthulakshmi, My Experience as a Legislator, Current Thought Press, Madras, 1930.
15. Muthulakshmi Reddi Papers, Vol. I, Part–II, Serial No. 42–77 and Vol. II, Part–I, Serial No. 78–115.
16. Presidential Address of Dr. (Mrs.) S. Muthulakshmi Reddi, ex-Deputy President of the Madras Legislative Council, delivered at the Fifth
All India Women's Conference held at Lahore in January 1931.
17. Presidential Address of Dr. (Mrs.) S. Muthulakshmi Reddi delivered at the Seventh Andhra Provincial Women's Conference held at Ellore
on the 4th and 5th November 1933.
18. Pulla Rao, D., Women Empowerment: Emerging Dimensions in the 21st Century, The Associated Publishers, 2011; Tara Ali Baig, Women
of India, Publications Division, Government of India, New Delhi, 1957
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