Savitribai Phule  was one of the first female teachers in India[citation needed], a social reformer, and poet. Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India's feminist movement. She strived to abolish discrimination and unfair treatment of people based on caste and gender. She and her husband were pioneers of women's education in India. They started their first school for girls in 1848 in Pune at Tatyasaheb Bhide's residence or Bhilwada.Savitribai was illiterate at the time of her marriage. Jyoti bai educated Savitribai and Saguna bai Shirsagar, his cousin's sister at their home along with working at their farm. Once she completed her primary education with Jyoti Rao, her further education was the responsibility of his friends, Sakharam Yeshwant Paranjpe and Keshav Shivram Bhavalkar.additional citation(s) needed]She also enrolled herself in two teacher's training programs; the first was at an institution run by an American missionary, Cynthia Farrar, in Ahmednagar, and the second course was at a Normal School in Poona (Now Pune).Given her training, Savitribai may have been the first Indian woman teacher and headmistress.