Question

Why was congress reluctant to women participating?

Answer 1

Some of the leaders within the congress reluctant to start non-cooperation movement because they wanted to oppose the British government through legal and constitutional means. For example, they wanted to contest the elections forlegislative councils that were scheduled to be held in 1920 and oppose the government from inside the councils once they were elected.Many within the Congress were reluctant to boycott the elections scheduled for novemeber 1920 and feared that the movement would lead to popular violence.However,a compromise was worked out and the non cooperation programme was adopted.

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Answer 2

An important feature of the Civil Disobedience Movement was the large-scale participation of women.During Gandhiji’s salt march, thousands of women came out of their homes to listen to him.They participated in protest marches, manufactured salt, andpicketed foreign cloth and liquor shops.Many went to jail.In urban areas these women were from high-caste families; in rural areas they came from rich peasant households.Moved by Gandhiji’s call, they began to see service to the nation as a sacred duty of women.Yet, this increased public role did not necessarily mean any radical change in the way the position of women was visualised.Gandhiji was convinced that it was the duty of women to look after home and hearth, be good mothers and good wives.And for a long time the Congress was reluctant to allow women to hold any position of authority within the organisation.It was keen only on their symbolic presence.