List of famous Persian women

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The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.
The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.

The terms Persian women or Iranian women, used interchangeably, refer to women of Iran (called Persia until 1935) and Iranian cultural continent.

Notice: As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.

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[edit] Nobel laureates and nominees

[edit] Scientists and Engineers

  • Atefeh Riazi, Chief Information Officer
  • Fariba Adelkhah, Director of Research at Centre for International Studies and Research, France. [1]
  • Anousheh Ansari, First female space tourist, leading telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
  • Mina Bissell, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division. [2]
  • Mariam Kamkar, Head of Computer and Information Science Department, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [3]
  • Fariba Moghaddam, Professor, School of Engineering, EPFA, Switzerland.
  • Minoo Mohraz Nation's top AIDS expert and chairman of the Iranian AIDS Research Center at the University of Tehran
  • Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [4]
  • Farshid Moussavi, World leader in Architectural Engineering
  • Simin Nikbin Meydani, Senior Scientist and Director at Tufts University. [5]
  • Manijeh Razeghi, Director, Center for Quantum Devices, Northwestern University. [6]
  • Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Cryptographer, professor of computer science, and head of Telecommunications and Information Technology Research Institute at University of Wollongong
  • Nahid Shahmehri, Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Information, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [7]
  • Azadeh Tabazadeh, Stanford University scientist from NASA. [8] Article about her in TIME magazine
  • Saba Valadkhan, American Association for the Advancement of Science Young scientist award
  • Zahra Zakeri, Professor of Biology and President of the International Cell Death Society
  • Maryam Alavi, Chairperson and professor of information systems, University of Maryland
  • Simin Pakzad, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • Simin Meydani, Professor of Nutrition and Immunology at Tufts University
  • Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Associate Professor, Dept of Computer and Information Science, Linköpings universitet
  • Azadeh Tabazadeh, Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University
  • Sima Bagheri Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Nayer Nikpoor, Staff Physician and instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School.
  • Fatemeh Zahedi or (Maryam Zahedi), Distinguished Professor in Management Information Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Fatemeh Milani American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a fellow of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
  • Mahpareh Mostoufizadeh, Vice President of Board of Directors, Iranian-American Medical Association
  • Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, Founder & President of Productivity Apex, Inc.
  • Fereshteh Motamedi, Professor of Physiology, Permanent member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences.
  • Maryam Sadri,Vice President in Charge of Operation in Specialty Laboratories, Santa Clarita, California.
  • Fattaneh Tavassoli Director of Women's Health Program GYN and Breast Pathology, Professor of Pathology, Yale University.
  • Parvin Ganjei-Azar, Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytopathology, School of Medicine, University of Miami.

[edit] Human scientists

  • Janet Afary, Historian.
  • Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer, lecturer at Tehran University (2003 Nobel Laureate).
  • Mehrangiz Kar, Lawyer, fellow at Harvard University.
  • Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranologist, Professor of Tehran University.
  • Lady Amin (Banoo Amin), Jurisprudent and theologian.
  • Elaheh Koulaei, Professor of Political sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University
  • Badrozzaman Gharib, Professor of linguistics and literature, permanent member of APLL, winner of 1997 IRANIAN STUDIES LIFE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
  • Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Chair of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature Department, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Camila Batmanghelidjh, Psychotherapist.

[edit] Authors and poets

Modern Tajiki-Persian girls preserve their traditional dress
Modern Tajiki-Persian girls preserve their traditional dress

[edit] Artists

[edit] Athletes

[edit] Politicians

[edit] Royalty

[edit] Activists

Mina Bissell
Mina Bissell
  • Mahboubeh Abbas-Gholizadeh
  • Elham Afroutan
  • Masih Alinejad , parliamentary journalist expelled from Majlis
  • Asiyeh Amini, journalist, human rights activist.
  • Fariba Davoudi Mohajer
  • Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, author and pioneer of Persian women's movement in modern Iran
  • Azam Taleghani
  • Tooba Azmoodeh, establisher of thesecond girls school in Iran, and receiver of the culture rosette.
  • Jila Bani Yaqoub
  • Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani
  • Golbarg Bashi, feminist academic and activist
  • Shiva Dolatabadi, Psychology Proffessor and Children's Rights Activist.
  • Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, author and pioneer of Persian women's movement in modern Iran
  • Shirin Ebadi, human rights lawyer and judge, 2003 Nobel Laureate
  • Zahra Eshraghi, feminist activist
  • Mansooreh Ettehadieh
  • Lily Farhadpour
  • Fereshteh Ghazi
  • Roya Hakakian, Iranian-Jewish human rights activist and author
  • Safeeieh Ammeh Jan, (Prominent Tajik women's rights activist)
  • Mehrangiz Kar, human rights lawyer and winner of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
  • Roya Karimi
  • Zahra Kazemi, slain political photographer
  • Elaheh Koulaei
  • Shahla Lahiji, human rights activist and a pioneer of Persian women's movement
  • Rosie Malek-Yonan, actor, author and activist who testified on Capitol Hill at U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 on behalf of the Assyrians in Iraq
  • Badrossadat Mofidi
Rosie Malek-Yonan
Rosie Malek-Yonan

[edit] In the news

[edit] Others

  • Esther of the Purim Story
  • Shahrazad of 1001 Nights
  • Farrokhrou Parsa, doctor and former Minister of Education, executed during the Iranian Revolution.
  • Zahra Rahnavard, first female chancellor of university after revolution
  • Parisa Khosravi, Senior Vice President and Managing Editor, International Newsgathering
  • Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
  • Delaram G. T. , Famous lyrics collector, Selected symbol of Persian society
  • Sona Babai, oldest naturalized Iranian American


[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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