Person

Geraldine Forbes

Historian of women in modern India and the gendered limits of nationalist leadership narratives.

Why this matters

Forbes recovers who carried movements when public leadership remained male by default.

book

Forbes, Geraldine. *Women in Modern India*. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Book

What Enduring Influence Leaves Behind

What kind of leadership increases the capacity of others to act, care, organize, and lead beyond the originating person.