Question

explain the contribution of Pandita Ramabai for the cause of emancipation of Indian women

Answer 1

1. Pandita Ramabai was a social reformer who worked extensively for the cause of women's education and ending child marriage of girls.
2. She was born in 1858 and died in 1922.
3. She highlighted the oppression faced by women, particularly in high caste Brahmin families, in most important book, The High-Caste Hindu Woman.
4. She founded the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune in 1882.
5. She founded the Mukti Sadan to provide shelter to child widows, orphans, and other destitute women.