Savitribai Phule
Savitribai Phule is one of the First-Generation Modern Indian Feminists.
She established the first women school in India and became the first woman
teacher of our country. At a time when the protest of women could hardly be
heard, Savitribai broke all the traditional obstacle of the 19th Century to
boost the young budding women during British Colonised India.
Savitribai was born on 3rd January
1831 into a family of farmers in the Naigaon District of Maharashtra.
Savitribai was married at a tendering age. She was just 9-year-old when she was
married to a 12-year-old Jyotirao Phule in 1840. Impressed by her thirst for
learning her husband encouraged her to read and write. She then started her
career as a trainer at Ms.Farar’s Institution in Ahmednagar and in
Ms.Mitchell’s school in Pune.
Savitribai becomes the First Female
Teacher who inspired young girls of her time to pursue their dreams. It was a
time when the rights of women were almost non-existent. She along with her
husband stood against all odds and started the first women’s school at Bhide
Wada in Pune.
By 1851, she was running three
schools with around 150 female students. She inspired the young girls to take
up painting, writing and other activities. She also opened a care center called
“Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha” for pregnant rape victims. Her two books consist
of her poem were published Kavya Phule (1934) and Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar
(1982). In order to honor her The University of Pune was renamed as Savithribai
Phule Pune University.
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