Women played a very important role in the Civil Disobedience Movement.’ Explain.

Question

Women played a very important role in the Civil Disobedience Movement.’ Explain

Answer 1

Yes, women played a very important role in the CDM, and following points support it:-

• (i) Women participated in large numbers in the Civil Disobedience Movement.
• (ii) During the movement, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to Gandhiji.
• (iii) They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, and picked foreign cloth and liquor shops.
• (iv) Many were put to jail by the police.
• (v) Moved by Gandhiji’s call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women.