SAVITRIBAI JYOTIRAO PHULE (January 3, 1831 – March 10, 1897).
Introduction:
Savitribai Jyotirao Phule was an Indian social reformer born in the 19th century, was a woman ahead of her time. One can trace Savitibai’s 66 year life devoted to serving the society. Savitribai Phule along with her revolutionary husband, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, were pioneers in the struggle against oppression of women, dalits, adivasis and religious minorities. She was modern India’s first women teacher, a radical exponent of mass and female education, a champion of women’s liberation, a courageous mass leader who took on the forces of caste and patriarchy who struggled against social evils of Indian society certainly had her independent identity. They started the first women's school at Pune in 1848. She is considered a pioneer of modern Marathi poetry.
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All the people in the village fled into the forest. During the 1876 to 1898 famines, Savitribai Phule worked courageously with her husband and suggested many new ways to overcome the difficult time. They started distributing free food at many locations. Savitribai Phule and her son, Dr Yashwant Phule opened a clinic and treated people at Sasane Mala, Hadapsar, Pune. Savitribai personally took patients to the clinic while Yashwant treated them. She died on 10th March 1897 while she was nursing a plague- affected child as she got infected while serving the affected people.
Women of the Indian society are not aware of the greatness of Savitribai Phule, who dared to pursue the noble profession of teaching in the ‘Dark Age’. The time when women were mere objects-to-be-used, education for women was considered no less than a punishable crime; she dared to speak against the unpardonable boundaries imposed on women in Indian society, she ignited millions lives, for which today’s women and everyone should be grateful to her.
Braj Ranjan Mani
Introduction:
Savitribai Jyotirao Phule was an Indian social reformer born in the 19th century, was a woman ahead of her time. One can trace Savitibai’s 66 year life devoted to serving the society. Savitribai Phule along with her revolutionary husband, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, were pioneers in the struggle against oppression of women, dalits, adivasis and religious minorities. She was modern India’s first women teacher, a radical exponent of mass and female education, a champion of women’s liberation, a courageous mass leader who took on the forces of caste and patriarchy who struggled against social evils of Indian society certainly had her independent identity. They started the first women's school at Pune in 1848. She is considered a pioneer of modern Marathi poetry.
Biography …show more content…
All the people in the village fled into the forest. During the 1876 to 1898 famines, Savitribai Phule worked courageously with her husband and suggested many new ways to overcome the difficult time. They started distributing free food at many locations. Savitribai Phule and her son, Dr Yashwant Phule opened a clinic and treated people at Sasane Mala, Hadapsar, Pune. Savitribai personally took patients to the clinic while Yashwant treated them. She died on 10th March 1897 while she was nursing a plague- affected child as she got infected while serving the affected people.
Women of the Indian society are not aware of the greatness of Savitribai Phule, who dared to pursue the noble profession of teaching in the ‘Dark Age’. The time when women were mere objects-to-be-used, education for women was considered no less than a punishable crime; she dared to speak against the unpardonable boundaries imposed on women in Indian society, she ignited millions lives, for which today’s women and everyone should be grateful to her.
Braj Ranjan Mani