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'''Kotikalapudi Seetamma''' (1874–1936) was an Indian writer and social reformer. She was a follower of [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam|Kandukuri Veeresalingamu Pantulu]]. Her contributions include Ahalyabai, Sadhuraksha Satakamu, Bhaktimargamu, Satidharmamu etc. She presided over the first Telugu Women Writer's meeting called Pradhamandhra Mahilasabha in Bapatla in 1913.<ref>Noorella [[tenali]] rangasthali, Nethi parameswarasarma, sapta sindhu publications, tenali, 2006, page:560</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telugukiranam.com/fam_tel_people/kotikalapudi_seetamma.html|title=Kotikalapudi Seetamma|website=www.telugukiranam.com|access-date=2017-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vepachedu.org/Women.html#Kotikalapudi|title=Telugu Women Writers of the Last Millennium|last=Vepachedu|first=Sreenivasarao|website=www.vepachedu.org|access-date=2017-09-24}}</ref><br />
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She had the distinction of presiding over the women's conference held in 1913 at Bapatla on the eve of the first [[Andhra Conference]] to demand the [[Andhra Province]]. She addressed many meetings on the problem of widow remarriage. Her speeches were published under the title "Upanyasamalika" (Garland of speeches). She authored a book on higher education for women. She was a theist social reformer. She was appalled by the deplorable condition of women then obtaining in the society.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhC2IQ53uQ8C&q=kotikalapudi+sithamma&pg=PA208|title=Women's Movement|last=Suguna|first=B.|date=2009|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=9788183564250|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.maganti.org/chitraindex/pics/sahiti/seetamma.html her photograph in maganti.org]<br />
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