This document discusses the changing roles and opportunities for women. It notes that historically women faced fewer opportunities and rigid expectations about only being suited for certain jobs like nursing. However, it provides the example of Laxmi Lakra, who broke stereotypes by becoming the first female engine driver for Northern Railways in India. Laxmi came from a poor tribal family but her parents prioritized her education, and through hard work and determination, she passed the railway board exam on her first attempt to achieve this milestone.

1. Made By:
GURLEEN KAUR BANGA

4. WOMEN’S IN TODAY’S WORLD
 By getting education, women have
got opportunities to rise in every
field.
 Now a days both boys and girls
attend school in large numbers.

5. CATEGORY MALE FEMALE
TEACHER ✔
FARMER ✔
PILOT ✔
NURSE ✔
SCIENTIST ✔
DOCTOR ✔
COOKING ✔

6. FEWER OPPORTUNITIES
AND RIGID EXPECTATION
A lot of people feel
that women are fit
only for certain
kinds of jobs like
nurse.
They are not fit for
technical jobs.

8. Rani of Jansi:
Indian women are sensitive and
innocent, who never thought that first
war of Indian Independence was started
by a women.

9. Laxmi Lakra, however, broke
this stereotype image when she
became the first women engine
driver of the Northern Railways.

10. Its time for a
story

11. • Engine drivers are men. But 27 -
year old Laxmi Lakra , from a poor
tribal family in Jharkhand has
begun to change things.
• She is the first women engine
driver for Northern railways

12. • Laxmi’s parents are not literate but they
struggled and overcome many
hardships to make sure their children
got an education.
• Laxmi studied in a government school.
Even in school, Laxmi helped with the
housework and did odd jobs.

13. • She studied hard and did well and
then went on to get a diploma in
electronics.
• she then took the railway board
exam and passed it on her first
attempt.