Question

Answer all the questions given under the caption.

Women’s movements

1. Why were several streams of women’s movements and organisations established in the early twentieth century?
2. Why did women’s India Association publish pamphlets and bulletins in different languages?
3. Why was the All India Women’s Conference formed in 1927?
4. What was one major objective of the Self-Respect movement?

Answer 1

1. They were established to address the question of women's empowerment in Madras Presidency.
2. It published pamphlets and bulletins in different languages to detail the problems of personal hygiene, marriage laws, voting rights, child care, and women’s role in the public.
3. It was formed to address the problem of women’s education and recommended that the government implement various policies for the uplift of women.
4. One major objective of the Self-Respect movement was women’s liberation.