Gail Omvedt
Gail Omvedt (2 August 1941 – 25 August 2021) was an American-born Indian sociologist and human rights activist. She was a prolific writer and published numerous books on the anti-caste movement, Dalit politics, and women's struggles in India. Omvedt was involved in Dalit and anti-caste movements, environmental, farmers' and women's movements, especially with rural women.Omvedt's dissertation was titled ''Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society: The Non-Brahman Movement in Western India, 1873-1930''.
Omvedt's academic writing includes numerous books and articles on class, caste and gender issues. Besides undertaking many research projects, she was a consultant for FAO, UNDP and NOVIB and served as a Dr Ambedkar Chair Professor at NISWASS in Orissa, a professor of sociology at the University of Pune and an Asian guest professor at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen. She was a senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and research director of the Krantivir Babuji Patankar Sanstha. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Omvedt, Gail
Published 1976Bombay : Scientific Socialist Education Trust, 1976.10, 389 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : map ; 25 cm. -
2by Omvedt, Gail
Published 1975[Bombay : Leela Bhosale, pref. 1975]63 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. -
3by Omvedt, Gail
Published 1976Bombay : Scientific Socialist Education Trust, 1976.1 online resource (10, 389 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : map.Center for Research Libraries
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4Published 1982Delhi : Authors Guild Publications, 1982.168 p. ; 25 cm.Other Authors: “...Omvedt, Gail...”