Who is Savitribai Phule, India's 1st known feminist?
Savitribai Phule, India's first known feminist, was born on January 3, 1831, in Maharashtra's Naigaon. Herself a victim of child marriage, Savitribai is known to have opened 18 schools for girls and had gone on to become the country's first woman teacher and headmistress. Savitribai had also opened a care centre for pregnant rape victims and helped deliver their children.