WOMEN'S EDUCATION IN INDIA DURING BRITISH COLONIALISM: REFORMS AND CONSEQUENCES
Keywords:
India, education system, reformation, missionaries, political and social restrictions.Abstract
In this article, the formation and development of women’s education in India under the rule of Great Britain during the early years of colonialism, as well as the reforms implemented in this field, are analyzed. The study highlights women’s illiteracy, religious and social restrictions, and the influence of missionaries, local reformers, and government policies. Furthermore, the article characterizes the significance and impact of these reforms on the subsequent development of Indian society.
References
Macaulay, T. B. (1835). Minute on Indian Education. London: British Parliamentary Papers.
Wood, C. (1854). Education Dispatch to India. London: Government of India Press.
Mani, L. (1989). Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India. University of California Press.
Chatterjee, P. (1993). The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories. Princeton University Press.
Jayawardena, K. (1986). Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World. Zed Books.
Metcalf, T. R. (1995). Ideologies of the Raj. Cambridge University Press.
Viswanathan, G. (1989). Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India. Columbia University Press.
Forbes, G. (1996). Women in Modern India. Cambridge University Press.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
