Mumbai, the city of dreams, is also the city of revolutions. Most of which have been spearheaded and started by women, now relegated to the pages of history books. This Women’s Day, let us go back and follow the footprints of the incredible women who wrote history on the streets of Mumbai.

A SoBo Reform Tour

1) Asiatic Library, (Fort)
This famous library sheltered women such as Cornelia Sorabji —India’s first female lawyer—researched and wrote. During the colonial period, when higher education for women was a rarity, Cornelia Sorabji took solace in the majestic reading halls of the Asiatic Library. She was India’s first lady lawyer. Asiatic Library was an abode for several female intellectuals and reformists who were on a quest to know, making the foundation to raise women to literature, law and academia.