ABSTRACT
During the period 1947-48, student movements started in various areas of Bangladesh demanding to make Bengali one of the state languages. Through participation in these movements, political awareness among the girls of Bengal increased. So in the final stages of the 1952 language movement, the massive participation of girls can be noticed. The girls of Dhaka and the girls of different districts and sub-divisional cities of Bangladesh took an active part in the 1952 language movement. In addition to school-college girls, various members of various women's organizations such as Shishuraksha Samiti, Wari Mahila Samiti, and others actively take part in the 1952 language movement. Therefore, the role of Bengali women in the Bengali language movement was unforgettable. Apart from men, women also acted as supporting forces of the language movement in various ways from their position. Therefore, the idea which Bengali women are just helpless, helpless is not correct. In this article, we have analyzed the role of women in the Bengali language movement.
Keywords: Patriotism, Historical analysis, Contribution, Language movement, and Women’s contribution.
Citation: Karim MR., and Akter MS. (2021). The contribution of women in the Bengali language movement (1952): a historical analysis, Br. J. Arts Humanit., 3(5), 116-127. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.02101160127
