Skip to main content

Liberation of women stimulus from nationalist movement

How did the movement for liberation of women receive a great stimulus
from the rise and growth of the nationalist movement of India?
 The movement for the liberation of women received a great stimulus from the rise of nationalist movement in the 20th century. Women played an active role in the struggle for freedom. They participated in large numbers in the agitation against partition of Bengal and in the Home Rule Movement.

 An impetus was provided by the call of Gandhiji to women of the Nation to come out of seclusion and participate in the freedom struggle. This helped the women to step out of their homes, leaving their traditional notes and acting as a catalyst of reform and revolt.

Gandhiji had enormous belief on the masses. He believed that women have more inner strength and were more capable of practicing satyagaraha because of their ability to love more. These aided to emancipate women from the shackles of historical disadvantage that they were subjected to.

The condition improved more, when Sarojni Naidu became the President of the Indian National Congress.

The Nationalist Movement led to the birth of women upliftment movement. Many organisations were started, All India Women's Conference (1927) was one of them. It worked for the empowerment and upliftment of women through participation in the different activities of the national struggle.

Thus the movement for liberation of women received a great stimulus
from the rise and growth of the nationalist movement of India. 

Popular posts from this blog