Activism
Revathi Amma was a woman welfare activist. She worked as the president of the Mahila Mandiram, a centre for educating and uplifting economically backward women. [3] [8] After her marriage, Revathi Amma moved to Mayyazhi and led the women's liberation movement there. She started her social activism in Mayyazhi by trying to liberate the women of Mayyazhi. [2] In order to raise funds to help the people injured in warfor the French army, she conducted drama performances by girls in Mayyazhi. [9] She was also worked with the Red Cross Society in Mayyazhi. [9]
Mahathma Gandhi had reached Mayazhi as part of his countrywide tour of the freedom struggle and to receive donations for his Harijan Welfare Fund. At that time, M. K. Menon, a staunch supporter of the Indian National Congress in Mayazhi, requested Revathi Amma to arrange a reception for Gandhiji and to persuade women to donate their jewellery to him. [3] An active supporter of Indian freedom movement, she donated her daughter's chain and a pair of her own bangles to Gandhiji's Harijan Welfare Fund. [3]
During the Thalassery riots, there was a rumor that the Thalassery Saidar Mosque would be attacked. Hearing this, at the Sahasra Poornima launch ceremony, being a Hindu, Revathi Amma sat in front of the mosque and said that the mosque could only be touched by stepping on her dead body. [4] Even though she was well accepted as a social activist, her relatives were against that, and they even mockingly called her 'stray goat of the bazar'. [2]
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