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How did Ramabai contribute to women's education?

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Life Of Pandita Ramabai: Championing Women’s Education And Social Reform | #IndianWomenInHistory

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 Nupur Preeti Alok

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March 28, 2017

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This essay is part of the #IndianWomenInHistory campaign for Women’s History Month to remember the untold legacies of women who shaped India, especially India’s various feminist movements. Each day one Indian woman is profiled for the whole of March 2017. 

There have been many prominent social reformers in Maharashtra who have played a significant role in making the country more progressive and egalitarian. One such prominent and pivotal woman is Pandita Ramabai, a woman whose remarkable critique of society has been erased from the mainstream history of India, as has been the case with so many other prominent women leaders of their times.

As feminists, what we must remember is that Ramabai’s erasure from history is not a case of history left out or forgotten, it is a deliberate attempt to actively suppress the accounts of women who have raised their voice against Brahmanical patriarchy and caste dominance.

This makes the cause of remembering her work and life even more significant.