noryn- begum rokeya
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BEGUM ROKEYA
The 1st Bengali Feminist
By Noryn Alam
BACKGROUND
Never went to school
due to social and family
prohibitions
Born in a small village
in Bangladesh called
Pairaband in 1880
Married at 16 to a rich
government official
named Sakhawat
FEMINIST WRITER
Most famous work is
Sultana’s Dream-
written in English in
1905
Wrote about a utopia
with reversed gender
roles where women
were in control
Environmentally friendly
utopia that used
nonviolence
FEMINIST ACTIVIST
Begum Rokeya
University
Started the first school
for Muslim girls called
the Sakhawat Govt.
Memorial Girls School
Both are still open
today
Many future feminists
were educated at her
school
Started Naritirtha , an organization that runs two women’s shelters like Options called the All Bengal’s Women’s Union and the GobindaHome in Bengal
She also started the Anjuman E KhawatoonE Islam- organization that is like the GFWC
FEMINIST ACTIVIST