Women liberation, Bharathidasan believed, was a pre-requisite to the political freedom of the country. And women liberation was not something to gain from others; nay, it was to come from within, by extricating themselves from their own ‘mind-set’. விஜயா, the protagonist of his heroic poem ‘வீரத்தாய்’ and சுப்பம்மாள் of ‘தமிழச்சியின் கத்தி’ are exemplary women he quotes for the modern woman to emulate. Courage and valour are essential for women to feel and stay free. Education will help them in rearing children, promoting family, protecting the community and safeguarding education itself, as he says in குடும்ப விளக்கு,