Meaningful Mondays- Savitribai Phule's India's first female teacher & feminist icon

Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. She is regarded as the first female teacher of India. Along with her husband, Jyoti Rao Phule, she played an important and vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is regarded as the mother of Indian feminism. Still, the conservatives found another way to stop the couple. Encouraged by improved enrolment, the couple opened a total of 18 schools. After completing her education, she enrolled herself in two teacher's training programs, one in Ahmedabad and another in Pune, according to reports. Following her training, she became India's first female teacher as well as the first Indian headmistress.