A Study on Empowerment of Women Handloom Weavers of Madurai District in Tamil Nadu State

Abstract

Since time immemorial the Indian Women are considered as a source of power. Mother is the source of giving life to everyone. The status of Women and he rights were perhaps the most honour in the earliest phases of Indian History and in Vadic Age. An important moment in the history of Indian women folk came in the nineteenth century, which witnessed various political and social movements. During the British rule women organized themselves and started participating in the national struggle for freedom. The final phase of the struggle for freedom revealed the fact that the Indian women was capable of sacrificing anything a noble cause. These movements and social reforms had created awareness among the poor and the suppressed women and they took to struggle for their own rights.