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Foreword                                                                                       Encomium






 Coffee Table books were accepted by readers around the globe.  Those books were well evoked and depicted to a well   I do not believe that we still have to focus on emphasizing the merits of women, convinced as I am of their right to gender equality
 strenuous imaginative awareness of experience or a specific emotional response through language chosen and arranged   since the dawn of the world.  I will not therefore get lost in  listing the names of women who  stood out over time, who reached the
 for its beautiful pictorial depiction with brief contents, and presented by most modern methods smartly with attractive   highest peaks in the various fields of the human knowledge, let alone beat the key of human sensibility speaking of their qualities as
 binding, printing and publishing concepts.                mothers and sisters.  I live  in a country where statistics say that the number of graduated women is higher than that of men, where it
                                                           is customary for  women to share the same job with men therefore claiming equal rights, where  judgments are given in relation to
 Today the significance of women in the society is beyond any notion.  In today’s world, women with their ambitions,
                                                           recognized  values as individuals, to the quality of the work  they perform, not according to their genders.
 intelligence and strength have proved that the word inferior has nothing in universal or common with their gender.
                                                           But, where  women are left in total ignorance, have no access to education things get complicated.  Without a cultural and economic
 Women have proved that they are not only a tool for bringing up children and looking after the household affairs of a   autonomy they, inevitably, become weak social figures,  usually totally dependent on men. Many more variables of a social, family
 family.  They can also be full members of society having their influence on all areas unconditionally.
                                                           and emotional type  could  be considered which, all together, would  give rise to an overall picture of the sad,  bitter  women’s
 Meanwhile, men were taking leading positions in business, economy, and science and were making the image of the   condition. So, no wonder if  in some areas of the world women are almost considered and live as  human sub-species.  They must be
 society.  For a very long time, women were considered inferior to men.  However, the role of a woman in society has   helped to gain the awareness of their inalienable rights as human beings and social subjects.  But,  one wonders and from many parts
 significantly changed during recent decades.  The first positive change connected with the role of the women became   how convictions and habits that have profound roots, that start from ancient times can be eradicated.
 especially obvious since years.  Gradually people started realizing the importance of women in the society as it is.
                                                           Well, international institutions should arouse local governments from their lethargy to prevent gender inequality, these are
 We live in a world where the people are bored, fashionable and often times superficial.  It is well  evident in our culture   unacceptable delays considering that it is from the late eighteenth century with La Declaration des Droits de la Femme et de la
 from our fashion to beauty culture  to the latest diet that makes unbelievable promises of weight gain or weight loss.    Maria   Miraglia is Educationist, writer, poet and   Citoyenne of Olimpe de Gange and then with A Vindication of the Rights of   Woman of 1792 by Mary Wollstonecraft that
 Williamsji Maveli has proved his literary abilities as   translator,  Maria  Miraglia  was  born  and  lives  in
 However, being a virtuous woman one would have to find a way to work around the woes of today's society.  We find   equality is claimed The General Equity Campaign  today demands "equal pay, equal sharing of  unpaid care and domestic work, an
 an  author  with  a  series  of  brilliant  publications   Italy.  She  graduated  in  Foreign  Languages  and
 and chose a virtuous woman in each and every woman in this society.  This is not only to be faced with a very difficult   end to sexual harassment and all form of violence against women and girls, health care service that respond to their needs and  their
 inboth English and Malayalam.  His distinguished   challenge, but the virtuous woman is one who strives for excellence, balance and self-love.   Literatures and got a Master’s degree in Evaluation   equal participation in political life and decision-making in all areas of life".
 experience  and  expertise  in  publishing  has   from the A.   Moro University of Bari; a Master’s
 accelerated his path in the transformation from a   We are proudly presenting highly elegant Coffee table books in two volumes to our valuable authors and readers: One,   degree in Teaching of Modern Languages from the   These are the goals that every human being with common sense should want to achieve, fighting alongside women for a better
 column writer to that of an established editor of   With a unique title as "25 Wonderful Women of  Virtue" and  another, with the same theme, but a different title as “ 25   University of Rome and an HLC from the Trinity   common future.
 international journals.  Williamsji is a member of   Wonderful Women of  Excellence”. We wish to congratulate all our well wishers and all contributors  College of Edinburgh.  For long an active member   A free, cultured independent woman can be a better wife, mother and citizen.
 WNWU holding an additional honorary member    of Amnesty international, she is a member of the
 status in their  academy of World Higher Literary   Human Rights’ Observatory, Deputy President for   Hence, I greatly appreciate Sethi's efforts to put together the stories of some women who distinguished for their personal values,
 Academic Council (WHLAC ).   the  United  World  Movement  for  Children   their active presence in the social context.  Sure that this wonderful pictorial work is not aimed at focusing attention on some female
 Williamsji Maveli
 Editor       Coordination,  she  herself  founding  member  of   skills  but rather to express a sense of gratitude and praise for lives dedicated to the pursuit of beauty, to the love for a better world
              World Foundation for Peace.                  through culture.  Assuredly  this coffee book, so beautifully illustrated, will receive the  plaudits of both readers and critics.
              Dr Maria Miraglia is the Literary Director of P.
              Neruda, honorary member of Nationes Unidas de
              las Letras, President of the Organization Mundial                                                                             Maria Mirgalia, Italy
              de los Trovatores, -Italy. She collaborates for poetry
              with national and international magazines and is a
              contributor of many poetry groups.
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