jan 1, 1927 - All India Women's Conference by Margaret Cousins 1st President: Maharani Chimnabai 1927

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The All India Women's Conference is a non-governmental organization based in
Delhi.
• AIWC was founded by Margaret Cousins in 1927 in Pune.
• It was the organization to improve educational efforts for women and children and
has expanded its scope to also tackle other women's rights issues.
• The organization is one of the oldest women's groups in the country and It has
branches throughout the country.

Additional Information

The All India Women's Conference was founded in Pune.
Maharani Chimnabai Gaekwad was the president of AIWC in 1927.
Amrit Kaur was one of the founding members of the All India Women's Conference.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was one of the first secretaries of AIWC.


Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903-1988) was a freedom fighter, social reformer and was the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms and theatre in post-independence India.
In Seva Dal, she was in charge of the women’s wing and recruited, trained and organized the Sevikas.
In 1927, she led the All-India Women’s Conference, which was earlier founded by Margaret E. Cousins, and her efforts made it a national organization of repute.
During the Salt Satyagraha, she was a member of a seven-member lead team created by Mahatma Gandhi to prepare salt at the Bombay beachfront.
She persuaded Gandhiji not to restrict the salt agitation to men alone.
She not only prepared salt but also went to High Court nearby and offered the judge to buy this “freedom salt”.
While trying to enter into the Bombay Stock Exchange to sell the “Freedom Salt”, she was arrested and spent a year in prison. Thus, she was the first woman to be arrested in the freedom struggle.
In 1936, she became president of the Congress Socialist Party.

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