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Explain the role of women in the civil disobedience movement..? |
| Answer» Women participated in large numbers in the Civil Disobedience Movement.(i) During the Salt March thousands of women came out of their homes toparticipate in protest marches, boycott of foreign clothes and liquor shops andthe manufacture of salt.(ii) Many women even went to jail.(iii) In urban areas women came from high caste families.(iv) In rural areas women who participated belonged to rich peasant households.(v) Women were moved by Gandhi’s call to see the service to the nation as a sacredduty of women. So they responded by giving their whole hearted participation.(vi) Though for a long-time Congress was reluctant to allow women to hold anyposition of authority within the party | |