History: Introduction: multiple thresholds,a prismatic presence: anandibai joshee through iconized readings,home as universe,walking on the edge: female body and self,a window in the prison house: women's education,feminist utopian visions: kashibai kanitkar's creative writing,gender and nationalism,resisting conjugality: rakhmabai's protest,child brides and child mothers: the age of consent bill controversy,motherhood in the east-west encounter: pandita ramabai's negotiations,women for all seasons: anandibai karve and parvatibai athavale (Topical Term)