Savitribai Phule

Savitribai Jyotirao Phule
Bust of Savitribai Phule. The bust is in black. The pedestal it is on is made out of wood. The name plate on pedestal says "Kranjyoti Savitribai Phule" which roughly means "Revolutionary light Savitribai Phule" in Hindi. She is depicted to be wearing a saree.
Bust of Savitribai Phule.
Born(1831-01-03)3 January 1831
Naigaon, Bombay Presidency, Company India
(present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died10 March 1897(1897-03-10) (aged 66)
Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India
(present-day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Alma mater
  • Normal School, Poona[1]
  • Teachers Training Program, Ahemednagar
Occupation(s)Teacher, activist, social reformer
Era1831- 1897[2]
OrganizationSatya Shodhak Samaj[3]
Known forGirl's education,[3] Women's emancipation[3]
Notable work• Bavankashi Subhodh Ratnakar [4]
SpouseJyotirao Phule

Savitribai Phule (pronunciationⓘ) was one of the first female teachers in India,[5] a social reformer, and a poet. Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India's feminist movement. She strived to abolish discrimination and unfair treatment of people based on caste and gender. She and her husband were pioneers of women's education in India.[6][7] They started their first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhidewada.[8]

  1. ^ "Women's Day | सावित्रीबाईंच्याही आधी एका अमेरिकी महिलेने सुरू केली होती मुलींची शाळा american marathi mission misses Cynthia Farrar Girl's education at early age". eSakal - Marathi Newspaper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  2. ^ "सावित्रीबाई फुले : भारतीय स्त्री मुक्तीच्या जनक | Savitribai Phule-Pioneer of Women's Education and Liberation". eSakal - Marathi Newspaper. 3 January 2022. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "How Savitribai Phule, India's one of the pioneer female teachers, dealt with abusers hell bent on preventing her from educating girls". India Today. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Savitribai Phule Jayanti : सावित्रीबाई फुले यांनी केलेल्या सामाजिक आणि शैक्षणिक कार्याचा थोडक्यात आढावा..." eSakal - Marathi Newspaper. 3 January 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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  6. ^ O'Hanlon, Rosalind (2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India (Revised ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-521-52308-0.
  7. ^ "Savitribai Phule: The pioneer of women's education in India". The Week. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. ^ Jill Sperandio (11 December 2018). Pioneering Education for Girls across the Globe: Advocates and Entrepreneurs, 1742-1910. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-4985-2488-9.