Question

Describe impacts of print culture on indian women

Answer 1

• Through the print culture many indian women became famous writers and readers.

• Many liberal husbands and fathers made women studied and gave them oppurtunity to become a reader.

• Some penny magazines were introduced especially for women as they became an important reader of that time.

• Many indian women also became important readers and writers such as TARABAI SHINDE, KAILASHBASHINI DEVI etc.

Answer 2

The following are the impacts of the Print Culture on Indian Women:

1. Women as readers: writers in the 19th century began writing about the lives and emotions of women in an intense way. This resulted in an increase in the number of women readers.

2. Women as writers: women during the nineteenth century began inspired from the printed material to an extent that they themselves began writing novels. For instance, Kailashbashini Debi wrote novels that threw light on the struggles of women about how they were confined in their own homes, directed to do diligent domestic work, and employed irregularly by the menfolk.