RAMABAI RANADE {1862-1924}

Ramabai Ranade

{1862-1924}

Ramabai Ranade was a pioneer of the modern women's movement in India. She spent all her time making women economically independent and self-reliant.

Ramabai was barely 11 years old when she was married to Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade, a scholar and revolutionary social activist.

Ramabai initiated Women's Suffrage Movement in 1921 in Mumbai. She founded an establishment for imparting free primary education to girls.

Ramabai's life was directed towards fulfilling her dream of social awakening of women and establishing social establishment like "Seva Sadans" Which worked for the rehabilitation of troubled women. She encouraged women to become nurses; the profession was taboo for them at the time. The first Indian nurse was the product of "Seva Sadan". She even worked for women's right to franchise. She also fought for the cause of Indian labour in Fiji and Kenya.