Question

how begum rokeya sakhawat hussain asserted womens right to education

Answer 1

rokeya sakhawat hossain was born in 1880,in a bengali-muslim family. she was not allowed to study as a child.later,she peruaded her brother to teach her bengali,English,urdu and sanskrit. she was married to Khan bahadur hossain in 1896.with the help of her intellectual husband, she set up a school for girls in 1909 in bhagalpur. after the death of her husband she went to calcutta and opened 'Sakhawat Memorial Girls School'. Later, this school was converted into high school.she was a gifted writer who wrote about the opperession,discrimination and suffering of women in the society.she wrote a number of short stories and essays regarding the prevalent social taboos.her most famous novel was 'paddorag' which was published in 1924, which potrayed the real lines of working women.her column in 'oborodhbashini' strongly criticised the purdah system.

Answer 2

Rokeya Hossain was a reformer up after she w