Zandokht Shirazi

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Zandokht Shirazi (1909–1953) (Persian:زندخت / زنددخت شیرازی) was a prominent Iranian feminist, poet and school teacher, who was an activist from an early age.^[1] She established Majma' e Enghelabi e Nesvan (Revolutionary society of women) in Shiraz in 1927, at the age of 18, and published Dokhtran Iran (Daughters of Iran) newspaper on women's issues from 1931 initially in Shiraz.^[1]

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↑ 1.0 1.1 Sanasarian, Eliz

References

Sanasarian, Eliz. The Women's Rights Movements in Iran, Praeger, New York: 1982, ISBN 0-03-059632-7.

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Name	Shirazi, Zandokht
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Short description	Iranian writer
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth
Date of death	1953
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