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Fatima Sheikh was a 19th century Indian educator and social reformer, who was a colleague of the social reformers Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule. [2] [3] Sheikh is widely regarded as India's first Muslim woman teacher and is remembered for her role in educating and empowering women and marginalized communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the 1850s the women's movement started in Russia, which were firstly focused on charity for working-class women and greater access to education for upper- and middle-class women, and they were successful since male intellectuals agreed that there was a need for secondary education for women, and that the existing girls' schools were shallow.
Since the idea was first advanced by Barbara Welter in 1966, many historians have argued that the subject is far more complex and nuanced than terms such as "Cult of Domesticity" or "True Womanhood" suggest, and that the roles played by and expected of women within the middle-class, 19th-century context were quite varied and often contradictory.
The concept of educated women in the medical profession gained popularity during the late 19th century, and by 1894, the Women's Christian Medical College, an exclusive medical school for women, was established in Ludhiana, Punjab. [53] The British established the Government College University in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan, in 1864.
Case papers take the form of cards, pink for girls, blue for boys. [64] 1918: UK: The British Journal of Nursing with which is Incorporated the Nursing Record ..., volume 61, page 22. Case papers take the form of cards — pink for girls, blue for boys, grey for the expectant mothers, and white for the visitors. [65] 1919: USA
Many women in the 19th century were involved in reform movements, particularly abolitionism. [85] In 1831, Maria W. Stewart (who was African-American) began to write essays and make speeches against slavery, promoting educational and economic self-sufficiency for African Americans. The first woman of any color to speak on political issues in ...
This is a list of dāstāns and qissas (prose fiction) written in Urdu during the 18th and 19th centuries. The skeleton of the list is a reproduction of the list provided by Gyan Chand Jain in his study entitled Urdū kī nasrī dāstānen .
Pages in category "19th century in women's history" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.