Growing up as Boys and Girls — Social Studies STD 7 — Question

Learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya because after learning alphabet they could achieve their goals and fulfill their dreams and contribute the society.

• Rashsundari Devi: Wrote "Amar Jiban", first autobiography written by an India woman.
• Ramabai: She set up a mission in Khedagaon where widows and poor women are taught variety of skills from carpentry to running a printing press.
• Rokeya: She started a school for girls in Kolkata in 1910 and thus helped other girls to get education.