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“Bible woman teaching in zenana, Sialkot”. “Panjab, India”. Interior view showing four women sitting in a crowded room, two on a bed, and each holds an open book. The Women’s Association for Foreign Missions was originally established (1837) to advance female education in India. One of the major problems was gaining access to women whose freedoms where extremely restricted. The zenana was a room, or apartment, in the home where female members would stay in seclusion. The women were also escorted whenever they left the home. The zenana missionaries travelled from house to house giving lessons inside the apartments and were, for obvious reasons, always female teachers. In Sialkot this task was undertaken by Isabella Plumb (1861-1944) who was passionate about women’s rights to education and health.
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