Women workers leading strikes in many factories on 23 February shows which wider social change?

Active entry of women into mass politics and labour struggle

The governing concept is the widening social base of the February Revolution. On 23 February 1917, women workers in Petrograd factories and textile mills played a prominent role in strikes and demonstrations, especially around bread shortages, wartime hardship and poor working conditions. Their leadership showed that women were not merely passive victims or observers; they could organise collective action, influence male workers and enter mass politics directly. Option C is correct because it connects women’s participation with both labour protest and broader political mobilisation. Options A, B and D are unrelated: noble loyalty, foreign traders and church control do not explain the factory strikes or the revolutionary role of women.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution. Topic: The February Revolution in Petrograd.