Making "Ideal" Indian Women: Annie Besant's Engagement with the Issue of Female Education in Early Twentieth-Century India

Autor/in	Singh, Chandra Lekha
Titel	Making "Ideal" Indian Women: Annie Besant's Engagement with the Issue of Female Education in Early Twentieth-Century India
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 54 (2018) 5, S.606-625 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Singh, Chandra Lekha)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2018.1479437
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Womens Education; Educational History; Religion; Sex Role; Access to Education; Sexuality; Nationalism; Traditionalism; Religious Education; Single Sex Schools; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geschlechterrolle; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Sexualität; Nationalismus; Traditionalismus; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Indien
Abstract	In 1893, Annie Besant touched the shores of India as a leader of the Theosophical Society. In India, Besant is widely known for her involvement in the Home Rule Movement and as president of the Indian National Congress, the chief political organisation in the Indian freedom struggle. Before entering into the political arena of the country, Besant was actively involved in the religious education of Hindu youths. After six years of establishing a college and a school for upper caste Hindu boys, she founded a school for upper caste Hindu girls in the city of Benares in the United Provinces of British India. The formal education of girls was in a nascent stage in the United Provinces compared to those in the presidencies of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras. One of the reasons behind this lag, particularly in Benares, was the deep-rooted orthodoxy which was either opposed to the formal education of girls or enforced restrictions on it. The paper aims to throw light on Besant's engagement with the question of female education not only in terms of physical access to school but also with regard to "what" the girls were being taught at the school. Did Besant strive for "true" education of upper caste Hindu girls enabling them to liberate themselves from the fetters of orthodoxy or did she perpetuate the orthodox ideals to make them "ideal" Indian women? (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01