India's silent revolution . , young and without precedent, she set out as a cru-sader in behalf of the women of India. She sprang intoprominence in 1882 when her evidence on womens edu-cation before the Indian Education Commission revealedher as a woman of marked ability. She was educated in England, and returning to Indiashe founded at Poona a home for Indian widows, whichwas partially financed by friends she had made during avisit to the United States. The famine of 1900 brought2,000 orphans to her home, in addition to her previouswork. With fine resourcefulness and administrativeabi
India's silent revolution . , young and without precedent, she set out as a cru-sader in behalf of the women of India. She sprang intoprominence in 1882 when her evidence on womens edu-cation before the Indian Education Commission revealedher as a woman of marked ability. She was educated in England, and returning to Indiashe founded at Poona a home for Indian widows, whichwas partially financed by friends she had made during avisit to the United States. The famine of 1900 brought2,000 orphans to her home, in addition to her previouswork. With fine resourcefulness and administrativeability, she has carried on her work through staggeringdifficulties. She is head of a home of 1,000 widows atKedgaon near Poona, and has organized a splendid in-dustrial school there, fitting these widows to leave thehome and go out to earn their own living. They makethe finest laces, boxes of wood and cardboard, weave car-pets and Oriental rugs, and do fine embroidery. Theyhave a contract for supplying the Government with the. o ffi m bo C boo c J3c LIFTING THE PURDAH 135 embroidered devices which the railroad conductors andguards wear on cap and arm. She also has a farm, runon scientific methods, where women are taught truckfarming. It was the early missionaries who first undertook con-structive work for women. The missionaries wives be-gan by visiting the women in the zenanas, and as theymade friends they organized classes in reading, writing,and household arts. There was prejudice against per-mitting western women to enter the womens apartmentsat first, but the Hindu women themselves enjoyed it, andsoon there came an increasing demand for women mis-sionaries to carry on work among women. Early in the nineteenth century, the Brahma and AryaSamajes took up the crusade for improving the status ofwomen. The Government has made no aggressive effortsin this direction, but is offering increasing facilities forthe education of women as the demand grows. Only 2 per cent, of the girls o
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