ramabai ranade believed that women had an equally important role to play in the society. evidence
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Ramabai Ranade (25 January 1862 – 25 January 1924) was an Indian social worker and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century. At the age of 11, she was married to Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, who was a distinguished Indian scholar and social reformer. In that era of social inequality, women were not allowed to go to school and become literate.
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A social worker, one of the first women’s rights activists and a political activist, Ramabai Ranade (1863-1924) was an exceptional woman. She was born in the Kurlekar family in Sangli, Maharashtra. Though married at the young age of 11 to a man 21 years her senior, she went on to live an exemplary life, educating herself and working for the cause of women.
Ramabai Ranade. : Wikipedia]Her husband, MG Ranade was a social and educational reformer, and one of the founders of the Prarthana Samaj. He encouraged her to study and found an enthusiastic pupil in her, teaching her Marathi, English, Geography, Indian History and Science. She wrote of the inspiration and support her husband provided in her autobiography- Amchya Ayushtyatil Kanhi Athawani (Himself: The Autobiography of a Hindu Lady, translated in English by Katherine van Akin Gates).
From 1880s onwards she started actively getting involved with the Prarthana Samaj, which provided the initial ideological and social set up of liberal ideas to Ranade. She attended meetings and lectures organised for the women in the Samaj, detailing the importance of education for women, and were also trained in other skills like public speaking.
These ideas were passed forward by her and the other women in the Samajthrough social gatherings of women like halad kunku (a ceremony of applying tumeric and vermilion on each other) and kirtans (devotional songs). These gatherings mostly consisted of rituals for women, but were also a space for their socialisation. However, as Padma Anagol states in her book The Emergence of Feminism in India Ramabai and others ‘expanded the horizons’ of these events by including educational activities like lectures and essay contests. Ranade and other women used these occasions for spreading their liberal ideas to a much wider audience.
Mahadev Govind Ranade. Ranade quickly gained recognition for her oratory and leadership skills and started a Hindu Ladies Social Club that trained women in public speaking and handwork like knitting. Because of her activism she was opposed by both conservative men and women, but she worked tirelessly for the welfare of society.
In her lifetime she went on to become the president of the Bombay Seva Sadan(1908) and Poona Seva Sadan (1909), the first two branches of a women’s organisation started by GK Gokhale and GK Deodhar, popular social reformers of the time. She also started the first Bharat Mahila Parishad. She was also greatly influenced by Pandita Ramabai and joined the Arya Mahila Samaj, first independent women’s organisation, started by her. She also chaired the first session of India Women’s Conference held in Bombay in 1904.