Kerala Renaissance: Notable Women

Flashcards covering key women in the Kerala Renaissance, their historical firsts, leadership roles, and literary contributions as detailed in the lecture notes.

Mary Punnen Lukose

The first woman nominated member of the Travancore Legislative Council ($1924$) and India's first female Surgeon General.

A. V. Kuttimalu Amma

The first Malayali woman to become a member of a Legislative Assembly through election ($1937$, Madras Legislative Assembly) and was affectionately called 'Oppa'.

Rosamma Punnoose

The first member to take oath in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and its first Pro-tem Speaker.

Devikulam By-election ($1958$)

The first by-election in Kerala, through which Rosamma Punnoose retained her assembly membership.

Ammu Swaminathan

The only Malayali woman to have been a member of all houses in the history of the Indian Parliament.

Dakshayani Velayudhan

The youngest member of the Indian Constituent Assembly and the first Dalit woman to earn a degree in India.

Lakshmi N. Menon

The first Malayali woman to serve as a Union Minister and the author of 'The Position of Women in India'.

Bharathi Udayabhanu

The first Malayali woman elected to the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Kerala.

Annie Mascarene

The first woman minister in Travancore-Cochin and the first woman elected to the Lok Sabha from Travancore-Cochin.

Anna Chandy

India's first female judge (Munsiff) and first female High Court judge; she also founded the publication 'Sreemathi'.

Omana Kunjamma

The first female Magistrate in India.

Fathima Beevi

The first female judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Arya Pallam

A social reformer who led the Namboodiri women's procession during the Paliyam Satyagraha ($1947$-$48$).

Accamma Cherian

Known as the 'Joan of Arc of Travancore', she led the Rajadhani March for responsible government and wrote 'Jeevitham Oru Samaram'.

Jhansi Rani of Travancore

The title given to Accamma Cherian by Gandhiji.

Desasevika Sangham

The women's volunteer group formed by Accamma Cherian in $1938$.

Parvathi Nenmenimangalam

The social reformer who raised the slogan 'Women are not slaves to be tied in a Mangalya Sutra'.

Thalimala Incident

The protest incident in Malabar triggered by the court's forcible seizure of Kamala Prabhu's wedding chain (Thali) to pay a fine.

Thottaikkattu Madhaviyamma

The first woman member of the Cochin Legislative Assembly and author of 'Hema Panjaram'.

Koothattukulam Mary

The author of the autobiography titled 'Kanaleriyum Kalam'.

Rasika Sadanam

The house name of the prominent social reformer V. T. Bhattathiripad.

P. Govinda Pillai

The communist theorist and father of R. Parvathi Devi, who authored 'Kerala: An Underdeveloped State in India'.