Streedom: Savitribai Phule - The First Female Teacher of India
Streedom is an Asiaville series that traces the lives of badass women of the past and present who shattered the glass ceiling regardless of what naysayers said.
While many know Savitribai Phule as the first female teacher of India, what remains under the wraps is the price she had to pay for being the first. At a time when her education as a Dalit woman was intensely opposed by the regressive society that hurled abuses at her every day, she chose to lay the foundation of the first school for girls in India, paving the way for female education in the country.
Streedom is an Asiaville series that traces the life of badass women of the past and present who shattered the glass ceiling regardless of what the naysayers said. The firebrand fighters who picked up the sword, both figuratively and literally, for the betterment of all. We here pan the spotlight on their life, contributions and valour, foregrounding how they craved their mark in a world that might not be perfectly carved for them.
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