RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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suffrage movement
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hunger strike
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reformer
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abolitionist
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Detailed explanation-1: -: refusal (as by a prisoner) to eat enough to sustain life.
Detailed explanation-2: -the act of refusing to eat in order to make a protest: The prisoners have gone on (a) hunger strike to protest about prison conditions. Activism & pressure groups. activism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned in 1908, 1909, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1933, and 1942. Because of Gandhi’s stature around the world, British authorities were loath to allow him to die in their custody; Gandhi engaged in several famous hunger strikes to protest British rule of India.
Detailed explanation-4: -A ‘dry’ hunger strike in which the striker refuses both food and water is rare as it can quickly lead to death and does not. allow the striker to achieve his goals. • ‘Total fasting’ usually means that the striker is only consuming water, but this may include the intake of minerals, sugar or. vitamins.