Woman Played an important role in the Civil Disobedience Movement :
During Gandhi ji's salt March many woman came out of their homes to hear him . They took an active participation in the salt March a long with him.
In urban areas, these women were from high caste educated family e.g. Sarojini Naidu, Satyavati Devi, Kamala Nehru, Vijaylakshmi Pandit, Kasturba Gandhi, etc. In rural areas, women came from rich peasant households.
Many women went to jail during this course of events . These were the woman belonging to elegant and rich families from the urban areas . From rural areas these woman belonged to the rich peasant household .
In Bombay, large section of women of Gujarati community was influenced by Gandhiji’s idealism and participated in National Movement. But all these participation were symbolic as women did not hold any position of authority for a long time.
