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The act of writing autobiographies often emerges as a transformative medium for individuals, especially those on the margins, to assert their subjectivity and articulate a sense of identity. For women writers such as Rassundari Devi (also spelled Rashasundari), Maya Angelou, and Sally Morgan, the process of autobiographical narration becomes a profound engagement with the self in relation to society, culture, and history. Though emerging from vastly different geographies and temporal contexts—nineteenth-century colonial Bengal, mid-twentieth-century America, and late twentieth-century Australia—these three writers reveal the deeply personal and political dimensions of autobiography. Through their life writing, they chart not only the personal journey of self-discovery but also reclaim a place within cultural and historical discourses that have historically excluded or silenced them. Rassundari Devi’s *Amaar Jiban* (My Life), written in the mid-nineteenth century, is widely acknowledged as the first full-fledged autobiography written by a woman in Bengali literature. Composed in a context where women were denied literacy, education, and public expression, Rassundari’s act of writing was itself an act of defiance and self-assertion. The autobiography becomes a space where she negotiates her identity as a woman, a mother, and a devotee within a conservative patriarchal society. Her desire to learn to read and write, sparked by her devotional ___ _______ ____ ____ ___ _________.
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