what is the role of women in freedom struggle? in details

The following points may help you:

a. The freedom struggle witnessed active participation of people from different sections of the Indian society.
b. We saw participation of women, like rani laxmi bai, Begum Hazrat Mahal during the first war of independence.
c. We  then saw active women participating in huge numbers, during the civil disobedience movement, 
d. Women participated in protest marches, in processions.
e. It was for the first time that women in large numbers became active participants and stepped out of their house.
f. ​The issue of salt law had affected everybody and more so the women who were looking after the households.They thought it was their sacred duty to serve the nation.
g. Thus they actively participated in defying salt laws, in protest marches, in picketing up shops selling foreign cloth, liquor.
h. It did change the course and nature of national movement.
i. We may give example of Sraojini naidu, kasturba gandhi, kalpana dutta who was a revolutionary, Kanaklatha Baruah etc who were active particiapants of national movement..

 

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