Savitribai Phule was born in 1831 in Maharashtra and was the first woman teacher in India. She fought for women's rights and equality and established the first girls' school in 1848 despite facing opposition from conservative forces. As the plague outbreak in 1897, she set up a hospital, treated patients herself, and eventually died from the disease on March 10, 1897. She remains an important social reformer who championed education for all and the rights of women, lower castes, and peasants in India.

2.  FIRST WOMEN TEACHER
 SOCIAL REFORMER
 EDUCATIONALIST

4.  Birth – 3rd January 1831
 Place – village of Naigaon, Satara District
 She was the youngest daughter
 Mother – Lakshmi
 Father – Khandoji Nevase Patil
 Marriage – 9 or 10 Years
 Husband – Juotirao Phule
 Children – none

5.  Illiterate – when married
 HER HUBAND EDUCATED HER
 HIGHER STUDIES – American missionary
 Secondary course – normal school

7.  First Indian Women teacher and
headmistress

9.  In 1897 - Hundreds dying out of plague
 Set up hospital along with her adopted son
Yeshwant
 Herself pick up sick people and bring to
hospital and treat them.
 She caught the disease
 9 p.m on March 10, 1897, she passed away

11.  Fought for the rights of women, peasants,
Dalits and backward castes.
 Faced Casteist dominant forces
 Gender equality
 Maltreatment by the Manuwadi and
Brahminic forces

12.  Kavyaphule – collelection of peoms
 Jyotirao’s speeches
 Savitribai’s letters to Jyotirao

13.  A SECTION OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
RAISING THEIR VOICE TO CELEBRATING
JANUARY 3RD , THE BIRTH DAY OF
SAVITRIBAI PHULE, AS EDUCATION DAY/
NATIONAL TEACHERS DAY.