Answer» Correct Answer - Option 3 : Savitribai Phule
The correct answer is Savitribai Phule. - Savitribai Phule was born on 3 January 1831 at Naigaum (Satara, Maharashtra).
- She was married to Jyotiba Phule at the age of nine.
- Savitribai received early education from her husband and started teaching other women in society.
- After completing her teacher's training, she along with her husband established the first women's school in 1848.
- She worked against gender and caste-based discrimination and was a great advocate of women's education.
- She became a prolific writer and published two books:
- Kavya Phule (1854)
- Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar (1892).
- She also wrote the poem entitled, 'Go, Get Education' to inspire the oppressed section of the Indian population to obtain a basic formal education.
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