Zandokht Shirazi/ Zanddokht Shirazi (Persian: زندخت / زنددخت شیرازی; 1909 – 1953), was a prominent Iranian feminist, poet, school teacher and women's rights activist.[1]

Zandokht Shirazi
زنددخت شیرازی
Born1909
Died1953 (aged 44)

Biography

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Her birthname was Fakhrolmoluk and she was born into one of Shiraz's aristocratic families. She established Majma' e Enghelabi e Nesvan (Revolutionary Society of Women) in Shiraz in 1927, at the age of 18. The aims of the organization were the emancipation and unveiling of women.[2] She published Dokhtran Iran (Daughters of Iran), a newspaper on women's issues from 1931 initially in Shiraz.[1] After a few years, she moved to Tehran due to the unsuitable situations in Shiraz, and tried publishing Iranian Daughters' Publication. Her poems have radical feminist perspectives.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Sanasarian, Eliz
  2. ^ Fathi, Asghar (1985). Women and the Family in Iran. BRILL. p. 95. ISBN 978-90-04-07426-2.

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