Summary
Hindu Mahila Vidyalaya (School for Hindu Women) was an all-female boarding school located at 22 Beniapukur Lane, Entally, Kolkata, India.[1][2] Founded by British translator Annette Akroyd, the school was one of the first in India to provide girl students with a curriculum equivalent to that offered for boys.[3] Sources record different dates for the establishment of the school. While Indian historian Jogesh C. Bagal records the date of establishment as 18 November 1873,[1] American historian David Kopf mentions it as 18 September 1873.[4]
Dwarkanath Ganguly was the headmaster.[4] Ananda Mohan Bose and Durga Mohan Das bore the expenses of the institution.[5] Others involved in the school were Sivanath Sastri and Monomohun Ghose.[3] Mrs. J. B. Phear was an honorary teacher.[1][6] She went to the extent of teaching her students how to eat at a table with cutlery.[3]
After the marriage of Annette Akroyd, the school was closed in March 1876. It was revived on 1 June 1876 as Banga Mahila Vidyalaya (Bengali Women's College).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Bagal, Jogesh Chandra, History of the Bethune School and College (1849-1949) in Bethune College and School Centenary Volume, edited by Dr. Kalidas Nag, 1949, p33
- ^ Karlekar, Malavika. "Frozen Frames". Spectrum. The Tribune, 8 May 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
- ^ a b c Karlekar, Malavika. "Lessons in a Sari - Did women's education in India change the way they dressed?". The Telegraph, 4 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
- ^ a b Kopf, David, The Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind, 1979, pp. 34-39, Princeton University Press, ISBN 0-691-03125-8
- ^ Sastri, Sivanath, History of the Brahmo Samaj, 1911-12/1993, p. 164, Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
- ^ Amin, Sonia (2012). "Beveridge, Annette Susannah Akroyd". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.