death_date nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
1980 indian 1886 girijabai kelkar
 girijabai madhav kelkar feminist and writer
girijabai kelkar

girijabai madhav kelkar -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1886 -- 1980 -rrb- was a feminist and writer from india .
the performance of her play led to many debates about women 's rights and the concept of gender roles .
she was president of 23rd `` akhil bharatiya marathi natya sammelan '' -lrb- all-india marathi theatre meet -rrb- of akhil bharatiya marathi natya parishad held in 1928 at pune .
she was daughter of narasimha chintaman kelkar .
she married into a family of illustrious marathi literary figures .
she was encouraged by her husband to pursue marathi literature as a profession , and thus fulfill her aspirations .
she was a prolific writer who promoted marathi language and literature .
she started bhagini mandal , a women 's organisation in jalgaon .
she was the president of the all india hindu mahila parishad in 1935 .
her works include `` purushanche band '' rebellion and `` striyanche swarga '' paradise .
padma anagol describes her views on women 's oppression as complex , which found themselves expressed in her works .
according to her , play `` purushanche banda '' was written to `` counteract the effects of vilification of indian women '' by khadilkar 's play `` striyancha band '' rebellion .
the `` encyclopaedia of indian literature '' describes her work as inspired by apte .
her work describes `` women 's suffering in the frame work of family life , moderately protesting against social injustice '' .
she strongly identified herself with the traditional hindu notions of femininity , with a mystified role as spouse and mother , asking for trivial concessions .
