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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 early 20th century. At the age of 11, she was married to Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, who was a distinguished Indian scholar and social reformer.
Jan 25, 2022 · A 19th-century Indian feminist who fought for women’s freedoms, trained them in public speaking, teaching, and weaving, Ramabai Ranade played a monumental role in bringing women into the public space — just like Savitribai Phule and Fatima Sheikh did. And yet, M.K. Gandhi called Ramabai the embodiment of “all that a Hindu widow could be”.
Jan 13, 2021 · Ramabai Ranade’s life and work can be read in her own words in ‘Himself: The Autobiography of a Hindu Lady’, written in Marathi and published in 1910. Like most things Ramabai had done in her life, she was the first woman to write an autobiography in the Marathi language.
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.
Aug 14, 2011 · Ramabai Ranade was wife of MG Ranade. She is best known for conducting free classes for women in sewing and first aid , visiting hospitals and prisons and distributing food during disasters such as famine of 1913.
Jun 23, 2024 · Overview. Ramabai Ranade. (1862—1924) Quick Reference. (1862–1924), icon of educated but conventional Indian womanhood of the late nineteenth century. Ramabai was born Yamuna Kurlekar in a conservative, aristocratic family, and according to Brahman custom, she was ... From: Ranade, Ramabai in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History »
Oct 11, 2020 · Ramabai Ranade (25 January 1863 – 1924) was an Indian social worker, a political activist and one of the first women's rights activists in the 19th century. She was born in Kurlekar family in 1862 in Sangli, Maharashtra.
Jan 25, 2022 · A 19th-century Indian feminist who fought for women’s freedoms, trained them in public speaking, teaching, and weaving, Ramabai Ranade played a monumental role in bringing women into the public space — just like Savitribai Phule and Fatima Sheikh did.
Ranade was quick to realise the possibilities of Gokhale, and he set himself to develop them. Gokhale always claimed to follow the spirit of Ranade. He called him his Guru, would never sit down...
Oct 14, 2010 · The numerous and informative biographies of Ramabai (23 April 1858–5 April 1922) have been located within two distinct paradigms: one projects her life, sometimes almost hagiographically, as a triumphant expression of the Christian impulse; 2 and the other valorises her advocacy of women's education while sidestepping the issue of religion. 3 Bo...
