264pp., illus., paperback, UNISA Press, Pretoria, 2021
ISBN: 9781776150717
Short biographies of 18 women, including Kastuba Gandhi, Valliamma Munuswami Mudliar, Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay, Amina Pahad, Gadija Christopher, Zainab Asvat, Dr Kesaveloo Goonruthnum and Zainunnisa 'Cissie' Gool.
'Sisters in the Struggle', women of Indian origin in South Africa's liberation struggle, 1900-1994, volume 2: 1950s-1960s is also available.
Kalpana Hiralal is Associate Professor of History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is co-editor of 1913, Satyagraha, Passive Resistance and its Legacy (2015).