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Anasuya or Anusyabehn Sarabhai (11 November 1885 – 1 November 1972) was a pioneer of the women's labour movement in India. She founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association (Majdoor Mahajan Sangh), India's oldest union of textile workers, in 1920 and Kanyagruha, in 1927 to educate girls of the mills. [ 1 ]
Oct 27, 2016 · As the sister of one of Ahmedabad’s most prominent merchants, Anasuya Sarabhai was an unlikely trade union leader. And yet, she not only became their trusted leader, but she played a pioneering role in charting the course of India’s labour history.
Nov 11, 2017 · Born on this day in 1885, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, pioneering feminist and activist Anasuya Sarabhai was instrumental in altering the course of India’s labor history. Briefly married as an adolescent, Sarabhai fought social convention and left in 1912 to study at the London School of Economics.
Popularly referred to as ‘ Motaben’ (elder sister in Gujarati), Anasuya Sarabhai was the first woman trade union leader in India, and also the founder of Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association, India’s oldest union of textile workers.
Nov 11, 2017 · Anasuya Sarabhai was a leader of Ahmedabad Mill Strike. As a founder of Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association, she is the pioneer of labour movement in India. Anasuya was born in Ahmedabad on 11 November 1885 into industrialist Sarabhai family.
Nov 11, 2017 · On Saturday, Google honoured Anasuya Sarabhai with a doodle on her 132nd birth anniversary. Sarabhai’s name will remain etched in eternal history for championing the women’s labour movement in India.
Nov 15, 2020 · Anasuya Sarabhai was a pioneering labour rights activist and an early member of the movement in India. She was born in 1885 in the western city of Ahmedabad in a wealthy industrial family.
Mar 7, 2020 · Anasuya Sarabhai is a name few remember, yet the ‘Motaben’ from Ahmedabad, as she was fondly called, was a pioneer of the labour movement in the country. This is the story of a remarkable woman, who was born into the illustrious business family of the Sarabhais and who took on even her own family in her quest for justice.
Nov 11, 2017 · A pioneer of the women’s labour movement in India, Anasuya Sarabhai, features on today’s Google Doodle. Born in Ahmedabad on 11 November 1885 into the Sarabhai family of Sarabhai and...
Anasuya or Anusyabehn Sarabhai (11 November 1885 – 1 November 1972) was a pioneer of the women's labour movement in India. She founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association (Majdoor Mahajan Sangh), India's oldest union of textile workers, in 1920 and Kanyagruha, in 1927 to educate girls of the mills. [1]
