What does the leadership of women workers in the strike tell about the social nature of the February Revolution?

Correct answer: It shows that working women were active forces in revolutionary politics

Direct answer: Option A, working women were active forces in revolutionary politics. The February Revolution was not only an action by male workers or political leaders. Women workers, especially those involved in textile work, participated in and helped begin demonstrations connected with International Women’s Day. Step by step: women suffered from shortages, high prices, and wartime pressure; they protested these real problems; their action encouraged wider strikes; men and other workers joined; the movement expanded into a revolution. Therefore women workers were active political participants, not merely passive symbols. Option A is correct because it explains what their leadership reveals about the social character of the revolution. Option B is wrong because the movement involved workers and ordinary people, not only elites. Option C is wrong because women’s participation proves the opposite: they entered public political action. Option D is wrong because the Tsar did not hand government to women. The accurate lesson is that social movements can be led by groups traditionally excluded from formal power. Memory cue: women workers’ protest helped turn hardship into a wider revolutionary movement.