Sponsor Area

Women, Caste And Reform

Question
CBSEENSS8007105

Describe the role of Muslim women in promotion of girl education.

Solution

From the early twentiethcentury, Muslim womenlike the Begums of Bhopal played a notable role in promoting education among women.

They founded a primary school for girls at Aligarh. Another remarkable woman, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta. She was a fearless critic of conservative ideas, arguing that religious leaders of every faith accorded an inferior place to women