The two women writers of India in the 19th century were : (i) Kailashbashini Devi (ii) Tarabai Shinde. (i) Kailashbashini Devi was a Bengali who wrote books from 1860s, highlighting theexperiences of women. She write about how women were imprisoned at home, kept in ingnorance, forced to do hard domestic work and treated unjustify by the new people served.