In the nineteenth century, most educated women were taught at home by liberal fathers or husbands.

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People gave various reasons for not sending girls to school, such as believing that the best place for girls was at home. Schools would remove girls from their homes, preventing them from performing domestic duties. Furthermore, because girls had to travel through public places to get to school, people worried that this would corrupt them. Many Hindu nationalists believed that Hindu women were adopting Western ways, which would corrupt Hindu culture and erode family values.
People believed that educating a woman would result in her becoming a widow. As a result, most educated women were taught at home by liberal fathers or husbands throughout the nineteenth century. Women can sometimes teach themselves.

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