Ramabai Ranade set up the Seva Sadan which worked not only with middle class women but also women from the margins of society, especially widows who in those days had to conform to strict social codes that circumscribed widowhood. She even trained women in public speaking and handiwork such as knitting. Her most significant literary contribution is her autobiography, written in Marathi, Amchya Ayushyatil Kahi Athwani. Her activities earned her the ire of conservative society, but she continued undeterred.
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