Arya Mahila Samaj was founded by Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati in Pune in 1882. Pandita Ramabai was a pioneering social reformer and educator. Her organization aimed at promoting education for women and addressing issues like child marriage and the condition of widows. Bharat Stree Mahamandal, founded by Sarla Devi Chaudhurani in 1910, is also a significant early women's organization founded by a woman, but it came later than Arya Mahila Samaj.
Pick out the association for women which was the first to be founded by the women, from the following.
Asked in MPSC CS Prelims 2015 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Women's Issues: Abolition of Sati, Widow Remarriage, Child Marriage, Women's Education)
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