History: Print Culture and the Modern World · Class 10 · CBSE Social Science
Explain two important ways in which print culture influenced the lives and ideas of women in nineteenth-century India.
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Explain two important ways in which print culture influenced the lives and ideas of women in nineteenth-century India.
Answer: Print made books, journals and essays on women's education, social reform and domestic life available to a wider audience. Educated women began writing and publishing their own experiences, while conservative groups also used print to oppose changes in women's lives.
Solution
Print widened access to debates about women's education and social reform. It also enabled women writers to express their experiences, although many conservative people resisted these changes.
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