Vidya Bal
Vidya Bal was a Marathi feminist writer and editor from Maharashtra, India. She was a social activist particularly in the area of equalization of the social status of women vis-à-vis men in India.
Biography
She joined the editorial staff of monthly Stree in 1964, and then worked from 1983 to 1986 as its full-time editor. After leaving the editorship of Stree, she founded monthly Miloon Saryajani in 1989. Her notable works include the biography Kamlaki and novel Valvantatil Vat.Vidya Bal fought a legal battle in the High Court of Maharashtra for women getting the right to enter various places of worship. The High Court decided in favour of her Petipa on 1 April 1899.
Literary works
Sanwad Katha Gaurichi Tumachya Majhyasathi Aparajitanche Nihshwas Shodh Swatahacha- ''Kamalaki''