which women personalities stood bail for more than a dozen student who were arrested In 1942 in the Madras Presidency
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Sister Subbalakshmi was a great crusader for women’s rights in general and widows’
rights in particular in the Madras Presidency. She was associated with organizations like the
All-India Women's Conference and Women’s Indian Association. Sister Subbalakshmi began
her pioneering work for destitute women way back in 1915. Widowed at a very young age,
she strived to improve the condition of child widows through proper education. She started
a social welfare centre for women and children near Tambaram, a school for women called
Srividya Kalanilayam in Vidya Colony and an elementary school at Maduranthakam. As the
founder of the Mylapore Ladies Club, she started the Vidya Mandir School at Mylapore in
1956. She received the Padma Shri in 1960 (Sundaram, V. 2005).