"This book presents a selection of Ramabai's writings which cover a wide range of topics, both in original English and in first-ever translations from Marathi, and include her internationally known works as well as an unpublished manuscript. A comprehensive introductory essay contextualizes these writings, traces Ramabai's ideological evolution and helps us to reconstruct a more complete and balanced social history of western India." "Presenting a profile of this woman, Pandita Ramabai Through Her Own Words will be valuable for scholars, teachers and students of women's studies, history, sociology, and religious studies, both as primary source material and for its analysis."--BOOK JACKET.