Women,Poor,reformers & the Print culture

WOMEN AND PRINT CULTURE
1) With the spread of print culture ,womens' reading increased due to education at home and later on in womens' schools.
2)Women wrote books about their problems.
3) It was basically the print culture which helped the women.
4)Novels in urdu ,tamil,bengali and marathi were published.

POOR AND PRINT CULTURE
1) In the 19th century, with the spread of education reading had increased among the poor people also.
2) Cheap small books were published for them.
3) Public libraries were set up expanding the access to books.
4) The problems of the poor people began to be written and published e.g. Jyotiba Phule wrote about the injustices of caste system in Gulamgiri.
5) The books highlighting the exploitation of the poor people were read all over India.
6) Social reformers tried to improve the condition of poor workers through print.

Reformers and Print Culture
1) In the 19th century, printing helped the social and religious reformers bring reforms in the Indian Society.
2) They took up the matter like widow immolation, monotheism, priest hood, idolatry, caste system etc. through books, newspapers, journals and magazines.
3) In North India muslims published thousands of fatwas telling readers how to conduct themselves in everyday life and explained the meaning of Islamic doctrine.
4) Religious and social reformers could spread their message to a wide circle of people through print media. This encouraged discussions and debates in the society.