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Who among the following was not a woman labour leader who organised workers in the strikes in the 1920s?
Explanation
During the 1920s, the Indian labour movement saw significant participation from women leaders who organized strikes and trade unions. Anasuya Behn was a pioneer who led the Ahmedabad textile strike and founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association. Ushabai Dange was a prominent communist leader active in the Bombay textile strikes during this period. Prabhabati Devi (Prabhavati Devi Das Gupta) was a key organizer in the Bengal jute mill strikes and served as the president of the Bengal Chatkal Mazdur Union in the late 1920s. In contrast, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani was primarily a social reformer and nationalist who founded the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in 1910 [1]. Her work focused on women's education, the abolition of the purdah system, and socio-economic status rather than organizing industrial labour strikes in the 1920s [1].
Sources
- [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > Direction of Social Reform > p. 198