Sarojini Naidu   Stateswoman, poet, 1855-1920 Civil Crusader Defiant of social norms, committed to the nationalist cause, sympathetic to far-off struggles and irreverent enough to find the Mahatma amusing, Sarojini Naidu was a versatile woman with many firsts. "A country’s greatness lies in its undying ideals of love and sacrifice that inspire the mothers of the race."