• This meant that women were more accepted in society as people who had a say, were more educated, had more job opportunities• This set a standard for girls, girls of upper class were becoming educated so lower class girls wanted to be educated too (Jeffry, 2005). • 85% of women are literate (35-45% more than the rest of India) due to their history (Jeffry, 2005). • This context means that women's health and education are an equally important part of government policies today (Jeffry, 2005). .• Although there are still some inequalities for girls, for example they have to do housework and are not equally represented in parliament, they still have greater equality than girls in other states in India (Jeffry, 2005). • Education has been improved through social movements such as caste and religious groups in society developing facilities for education (Kannan, 1999). • An example is the creation of libraries in the 1930s that anyone could access (Kannan, 1999). • Another example is the Kerala People's Science Movement which aimed to teach science to children and rural people. Done through books and teachers (Kannan,