Feminist literary criticism concerns itself with the gender politics and looks at the text and discourse within the society that produced it. The emphasis is certainly on the discrimination and neglect that the women folk encountered because of biological differences and the subsequent related effects. Feminist criticism developed from the women's movement in the regions of Europe and North America in the 1960's in the background of second wave of feminism. The catch line 'the personal is

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... cal', which transcends the boundary of personal into the realm of universal as well as having a socio-political significance, marks the work of later writers working on depicting the female experience on a more distinct level than their predecessors. The present study concentrates on the three representative and almost contemporary female writers Maya Angelou, Kamala Das and Ismat Chugtai from different backgrounds-language, culture and society, whose works reflect the same feminine experience that, remains unchanged despite the progress of civilization.