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Book's First Pagewomen, but the number of groups involved, other than upper- and middle-class Hindu women, was never large. A few Muslim women were steadfast followers of Gandhi; many more either found it difficult to accept the overtly Hindu ideological basis of his ideas or were neglected by the Congress organisers. • There were distinct regional differences in the number of women who joined, in their relationship with Congress leaders, and the extent to which they synthesised women’s interests with nationalist issues. • Bombay women were the best organised, the most independent, and fielded the largest demonstrations. Most of their leaders also belonged to women’s organisations and they articulated a clearly “feminist nationalism.” • In Bengal, women attracted a great deal of attention because of their militancy. Marching alongside men in the Congress parade and later, joining the revolutionary parties, they became the subjects of folksongs and legends. Their peaceful demonstrations were fewer but they too attracted a great deal of attention in a society where purdah was widely practiced. These women espoused a feminist ideology but time and again, put it aside in favour of the broader struggle. • In Madras, where leaders were unwilling to use women’s talents, fewer women joined the movement. • In North India, the Nehru and the Zutshi families provided strong women leaders who put the nationalist agenda first. One cannot doubt their grasp of the importance of feminist issues, but their immediate concern was mobilising women for political demonstrations. They did not think it possible to raise women’s consciousness about both politics and women’s rights at the same time. • Most women leaders were unable to get beyond their own sense of respectability when they sought recruits. An exception to this of course were the women who joined the revolutionary movement. They worked closely with men, wore disguises, travelled alone or in the company of strangers, and learned how to shoot, drive cars and make bombs. Even though they were valorised, they were not