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VOL. 3, ISSUE 2 (2018)
Mahatma Phule and women
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Nirupama Paliwal
Abstract
Jyotiba’s quest for imparting women and women with proper to training became supported via his wife Savitribai Phule. Jyotiba realized the pathetic conditions of widows, established an ashram for younger widows, and eventually became advice of the idea of Widow Remarriage. One of the few literate girls of the time, Savitribai turned into taught to read and write with the aid of her husband Jyotirao. Round his time, society changed into a patriarchal and the position of women turned into particularly extremely bad. Girl infanticide became a commonplace occurrence and so was infant marriage, with children every now and then being married to men lots older. These women often have become widows earlier than they even hit puberty and had been left with none own family support. Jyotiba was pained through their plight and installed an orphanage in 1854 to refuge these unfortunate souls from perishing on the society’s merciless fingers. In 1851, Jyotiba set up a girls' school and asked his spouse to educate the women within the school. Later, he opened extra schools for the women and an indigenous college for the decrease castes, especially for the Mahars and Mangs.
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Pages:1694-1697
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Nirupama Paliwal "Mahatma Phule and women". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1694-1697
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