What does the arrest of many women activists indicate about the condition of the women's movement?

Correct answer: The women's movement faced political repression

The correct answer is A. The arrest of many women activists shows that the women's movement faced political repression. These women were not merely passive observers: they organised, spoke publicly, demanded food and political rights, and participated in revolutionary action. When authorities arrested activists or restricted their organisations, they limited women's ability to meet, argue, petition, and influence policy. Option A is correct because arrest is direct evidence that political power was suppressing or controlling the movement. Option B is wrong because arrests show restriction, not that women immediately received full power. Option C is wrong because women did enter politics through demonstrations, clubs, petitions, and public campaigns. Option D is wrong because the king did not expand women's clubs; the movement faced restrictions during the revolutionary period. The important reasoning is simple: active political participation followed by arrests indicates repression, not equality. Memory cue: arrests of activists mean the state is limiting political action.