![]() ![]() In drawing the activist, she took inspiration from the Indian textile industry. “Anasuya’s dedication to justice and equality is something I can relate to,” says Qamar. Today’s Doodle was created by Maria Qamar, a Pakistani-Canadian artist and author of the book Trust No Aunty. It later paved the way for the founding of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA). ![]() She was supported in her work by Mahatma Gandhi, with whom she set up Gujarat’s oldest labor union. She was affectionately called “Motaben,” Gujarati for “elder sister.” ![]() In the years that followed, she went on to become their most vocal supporter, negotiating with mill owners (including her brother) for better working conditions. In 1914 she helped Ahmedabad's weavers successfully organize their first strike for higher wages. There she was swept up in the suffragette movement and newly discovered ideas of social equality that laid the foundation for her life’s work.īack home in Ahmedabad, Sarabhai started to work with disempowered women, particularly taking on the cause of local mill workers after learning of their 36-hour work shifts. 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.īriefly married as an adolescent, Sarabhai fought social convention and left in 1912 to study at the London School of Economics. ![]()
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