HISB94H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jyotirao Phule, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Eleanor Zelliot
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[11][b]in his book gulamgiri, phule says that the first school was for brahmin and upper caste girls, however phule"s biographer says it was for low caste girls. [12]the conservative upper caste society of pune didn"t approve his work. [13] later, the phules started schools for children from the then untouchable castes such as mahar and mang. [14] in 1852, there were three phule schools in operation 273 girls were pursuing education in these school but by. Eleanor zelliot blames the closure on private european donations drying up due to the indian mutiny of 1857, withdrawal of government support, and jyotirao resigning from the school management committee because of disagreement regarding the curriculum. He championed widow remarriage and started a home for high caste pregnant widows to give birth in a safe and secure place in 1863. [16] his orphanage was established in an attempt to reduce the rate of infanticide.
