how has womens movement help to uplift the position of women
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The most meaningful and longest social movement still continuing in the present day is the emancipation of women. Though the main purpose for women empowerment is to enhance the quality of life for women, but it is also have deep ramifications in social, economic and political scenario. In a country like India we see that women have been relegated to a secondary position. The vested interest of the elite class has played an important part in pushing them to oblivion. Swami Vivekananda has been very vocal about the uplift of women clan all through his life. He considered Sita to be the ultimate sign of perfection, which stood as a testimony to the chastity of Indian Women. He said, "She will always be this glorious Sita, purer than purity itself, all patience and all sufferings. She who suffered that life of suffering without a murmur, she the ever chaste and ever pure wife, she the ideal of the people, the ideal of gods, the great Sita, our national God she must always remain. ...All our mythology may vanish, even our Vedas may depart, and our Sanskrit language may vanish for ever, but so long as there will be five Hindus living here, even if only seeking the most vulgar patois, there will be the story of Sita present."
Swami Vivekananda had held Indian women in high esteem and has appreciated their typical Indian features like spirit of service, compassion, affection, contentment and reverence. Swamiji travelled most part of Europe, where he witnessed women driving cars, going to schools, drudging in offices and involved in professional commitments, but according to him, the chastity and feminine modesty of Indian women soothes the eye. He felt that modernization of women society is only possible by following the footprints of Sita.
Swami Vivekananda felt that no nation can grow without taking care of the interest of women. He said, "All nations have attained greatness by paying proper respect to women. That country and that nation which does not respect women have never become great, nor will ever be in future."