Pandita Ramabai’s Contribution on Women Empowerment
Author : Dr. Dalia Halder
Abstract :
In present time’s women empowerment and their equality is the burning issue in India but it started from many years ago. Pandita Ramabai was one such women, who was the pioneer of women’s education and development of widows. She believed that education can break all the barriers of women’s struggle. She devoted her life in social and religious reform in India. The objective of this research is to review the social condition of women in colonial India and tried to establish the contribution of Ramabai in this regard. Being a widow, she realized the difficulties of other women and tried to work for their rehabilitation without any male support. The research is based on primary as well as secondary data. The conclusion of the research showed that Ramabai belong to high caste Hindu Brahmin family but her total thinking was based on emancipation of woman without any caste discrimination.
Keywords :
Pandita, Women, Emancipation, Caste, Education.
