Question
What was the role of women in the Non-Cooperation Movement?
Answer
The role of women in the Non-Cooperation Movement
- Women joined the Non-Cooperation Movement from 1920-22.
- Gandhi emphasized women’s participation in the Khadi movement for economic independence.
- Women leaders like Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins, Kamala Devi Chattopadhyay, and Renuka Roy became icons of the movement.
- Renuka Roy became the first woman minister of West Bengal.
- More than 1000 women revolted against the visit of the Prince of Wales to India in 1920 in Bombay.