Mohtaram Eskandari

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Mohtaram Eskandari (1895–July 27, 1924[1]) (Persian: محترم اسکندری‎) was an Iranian intellectual and one of the pioneering figures in Iranian women's movement. She was the first leader of feminist Nesvan e vatankhah association and publisher of its journal for women.[2][3]

She had education in Persian and French literature under the supervision of Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Mohaqqeqi. Eskandari and Mohaqqeqi would later marry.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.feministschool.com/english/IMG/pdf/Iranian-Women-calendar.pdf
  2. ↑ Sanasarian, Eliz. The Women's Rights Movements in Iran, Praeger, New York: 1982, ISBN 0-03-059632-7.
  3. ↑ Afary, Janet. The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906 - 1911, Columbia University Press, 1996.


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