Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

• He was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School. As the secretary of the Bethune School established in 1849, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar did important work in the field of higher education for women in India.
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's most significant contribution was his advocacy for widow remarriage and girls' education, leading to the enactment of the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856.

Annie Besant:

• In September 1916, Annie Besant along with Bal Gangadhar Tilak established the All-India Home Rule League.
• In 1917, Annie Besant was elected the President of the Indian National Congress (INC) Calcutta session, becoming the first woman to hold this position.
• In 1898, she founded the Central Hindu College in Benares. Theosophists from abroad assisted in this effort, and the institution eventually became the foundation for Banaras Hindu University.
• She also established the Central Hindu School for Girls in Varanasi, advancing female education in India.

Debendranath Tagore:

• He founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha and Adi Brahmo Samaj.

Sarojini Naidu:

• In recognition of her service during the plague epidemic in India, the British government honored her with the ‘Kaisar-i-Hind’ Medal.
• In 1925, she became the first Indian woman to be elected president of the Indian National Congress (INC) during its Kanpur Session and held the position until 1928.
• In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi chose her to lead the Salt Satyagraha, a nonviolent protest against the British monopoly on salt production.
• She also accompanied Gandhi to London for the second session of the Round Table Conference in 1931, which ultimately remained inconclusive.