This book is an abridged collection of articles from the book Great Women of India that was published in 1954. 

The book covers women from the Vedic age, the puranas and epics through the modern era.

From the Table of Contents:
Great Women in ...
    Vedic Literature
    the Ramayana
    Puranas
    Buddhism
    Jainism
    North India
    South India
    Maharashtra
Great Muslim Women
Great Indian Women of the 19th Sentury