In which of the following areas is the contribution of Savitribai Phule highly acclaimed?

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UGC NET Paper 2: Education 21st June 2019 Shift 2

Answer 1

The Correct Answer is Education of women.

Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer.
She is known to be India's first female teacher. Together with her partner, Jyotirao Phule, she played an important role in improving women's rights in India.
She is considered to be the mother of Indian Feminism. Phule and her husband founded one of the first Indian girl's schools in Pune, Bhide Wada, in 1848.
She sought to eradicate injustice and unequal treatment of people on the grounds of caste and gender.
It is considered to be an influential figure in the social change movement in Maharashtra.

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Savitribai Phule published Kavya Phule in 1854 and Bavan Kashi Subodh Ratnakar in 1892, as well as a poem entitled "Go, Get Education" in which she urged those who were marginalised to free themselves from education.
In 2015, in her honour, the University of Pune was renamed Savitribai Phule Pune University.
On 3 January 2017, the Google search engine celebrated the 186th anniversary of the birth of Savitribai Phule with a Google Doodle.