In the 19th century, social reformers such as Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule fought against female infanticide, widow-burning, segregation of women from the public life, prostitution and begging by the destitute women. They also organised public functions for widow-remarriages. They worked for legal reforms to better lives of women in India. Many women from wealthy families of Bombay turned philanthropists and helped establish educational institutions, shelter homes and vocational training centers for women from where the first generation of women teachers, nurses, skilled workers and white collar employees such as typists, clerks, accountants and secretaries came out. Enormous amount of literature of that time, produced by the Indian social reformers in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati and English bears witness to their path-breaking effort
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