Indigenous Education of Urban Middle-Class Women in United Provinces in the Late Nineteenth Century

Abstract

My focus in this article is on the beginning and growth of women's education in colonial United Provinces, staged in different spaces via colonial agencies. This article examines the institutions and ideals of education in the United Provinces, particularly those centered around women. The trajectory of women's education in the United Provinces exhibited a marked deviation from the Bengal renaissance model which has received abundance of scholarly attention. While claiming that women were quietly creating spaces in spite of such limitations, this article marks out the moments of quiet struggle with patriarchal institution within and outside the household.