Books on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little if any mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements makes a strong case for the significance of women s involvement in nationalist movements and for the diverse impacts of those movements on the lives of individual women activists.
Some of the 12 women whose political activities are discussed in this volume are well known, while others are not. Some of them participated in armed struggles, while others pursued...
Books on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little if any mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active wom...