• Dr V. Marappan

Women were living without peace and rights and without the right to live on this earth. Women lived as if they were enslaved without knowing who they were and performed rituals and ceremonies. The Women India Association in particular was the first organization to be formed in Tamil Nadu. The Women's Indian Association has been very proactive in liaising with Indian women's organizations abroad. In this way, the conditions of women abroad were adjusted to the conditions in India and they directly witnessed the plight of women in India. These women's organizations not only carried out struggles for reformist ideas but also received lessons and did much socially minded work. They created libraries, education, councils, hospitals, etc. and worked there. They also started branches in rural areas. During the period of India's independence, the women's body movement stood up for this freedom struggle and did meditative work with their dedication especially to Gandhiji many women's organizations and individual women participated in her struggles. Women were inspired by Dravidian ideas and policies and went directly into politics and did their social work. E.V.R also encouraged women to hold seminars and engage in politics. He said that women should get imperialism in politics if the caste system is to be abolished. All of them need to be educated and it is ideal for women to do two kinds of work when they go to work. Periyar created the feeling among the women that by participating in the anti-Hindi struggle, the language of the race should be preserved through that struggle. The transformation of women into politically conscious and educated people has led to conditions around the world that accept women's changes and accept them. Feminist ideas based on Periyar's disappearance and thinkers who fought for women's rights and won the rights of widows to defend their freedoms were spread all over Tamil Nadu.

Women India Association - Rituals and Ceremonies - Women's Organizations - Dravidian Ideas – Gandhiji – Politics - E.V. Periyar - Feminist Ideas – Transformation - Anti-Hindi struggle – Imperialism – Thinkers.

"ORIGIN AND ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN MOVEMENTS IN TAMIL NADU AFTER PERIYAR PERIOD ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.676-685, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806899.pdf

"ORIGIN AND ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN MOVEMENTS IN TAMIL NADU AFTER PERIYAR PERIOD ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp676-685, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806899.pdf