The development of feminist history writing over the course of the twentieth century has led to several important historiographical shifts. This essay shall begin by attempting to trace the broad contours of the feminist scholarship in the twentieth century and the paradigms shifts that have taken place in historiography. The important contributions of scholars would be analyzed for every shift. The survey of scholarship begins by tracing the early writing of the 1970s and moves on to the poststructuralists. The final part of the paper is focused on the theoretical framework of the “separate spheres” of men and women, with instances from colonial India.
Feminist, Scholarship, Poststructuralist, public sphere, private sphere
