At a time when Indian women of all castes and creeds were confined to the home, or in purdah, that Kasturba and her colleagues went to jail in protest against discriminatory laws was a fact – or achievement – noted with not a little admiration.
Not really. Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bhai, Kuyili, Various women mentioned in RC Mazumdar's "Eminent Indian Women" all made their mark.
