Social StudiesCLASS 10CBSE
answered 27 Mar 2026The role of women in nationalist struggles
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- Women of the liberal middle classes combined their demands for constitutionalism with national unification. They took advantage of the growing popular unrest to push their demands for the creation of a nation-state on parliamentary principles – a constitution, freedom of the press and freedom of association.
- Women had formed their own political associations, founded newspapers and taken part in political meetings and demonstrations.