Savitribai: The woman who started girls' school
171 years ago.
BJP MP Savitribai Phule defied party diktat against taking part in the bandh.
Savitribai's struggle was fraught with many difficulties and despite that she continued her work peacefully.
Savitribai broke the hold of many religious beliefs
and made the women aware of their fundamental rights.
Savitribai and Fatima were accompanied by Saguna Bai,
who later became another leader in the education movement.
Before marriage, when Savitribai scrolled one of English book, her father got
angry and threw away the book out of the window.
When Fatima and Savitribai started going to schools which were established by Jyotiba,
people from Pune itself used to harass them and abuse them.
Every 15 days in this organization, Savitribai herself would discuss with all the poor Dalit and widow women,
listen to their problems and also suggest a solution to overcome it.