Ramabai was born in India in 1858. Girls had no schools, but her parents taught her Sanskrit. During the great famine of 1876 to 1878, both of her parents starved to death. She became so respected as a teacher that she was given the title Pandita, meaning wise teacher. Later her husband died, leaving her an orphan, a widow, and a single mother. In England she came to faith in Christ. In 1889 she founded the Mukti Mission for orphans, widows, and single mothers. In 1896, during another severe famine, she led a caravan of ox carts that rescued thousands of girls and widows. She learned Hebrew and Greek to translate the Bible for poor women, and she died in 1922 just as she finished.
