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-Rabe’e Qozdariwas one of the first woman poets, and lived
around 713. She composed poetry in both Arabic and Persian.
The year of her death has been said to be 796.
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February 1,2008:Web site
of campaign in Germany
established by the Iranian
activists who are currently
residing in Germany.
Badrozzaman Qarib
Mohtaram Eskandari
Jan. 26, 1963 for the first time, women participated in a
referendum. The number of participants: 271,179 women,
5,598,711 men.
Feb. 1, 1997 the book Farhang-e Soghdi (Soghdian Culture),
written by Badrozzaman Qarib , was chosen as book of the year,
and has since gained worldwide recognition. Qarib is the first
person to have written a dictionary for Soghdian, an Iranian
language once among the most important in Central Asia.
Jan. 31, 1911 in protest against the Russians’ second ultimatum
to the Iranian government and the threat to occupy the capital,
The National Women’s Society (Anjoman-e Mokhadarat-e Vatan)
held a demonstration in front of parliament. Thousands of
women participated, and also boycotted Russian and English
products.
Mohtaram Eskandari was born in 1895. Mohtaram was the founder
of the Patriotic Women’s Association and editor in chief of the
association’s journal. At the time, the founding of this association
resulted in a group of opponents publishing a booklet called The
Deceit of Women (Makr-e Zanan). Together with a group of
association members, Mohtaram bought a great deal of these
booklets, and set them on fire in Sepah square in Tehran.
Eskandari was fluent in French. She died in 1924.
Jan. 31, 1923 Mohtaram Eskandari,the principal of public school
no. 35, invited a group of women to a celebration of student
examinations who, holding a vow of solidarity, created the
society called “Patriotic Women’s Society (Jamiyat-e Nesvan–e
Vatankhah).
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Feb. 1834 Mollafezehwrote the book Kashf al-Qeta.She was an
erudite and literary woman, a scholar and calligrapher, and
earned her living by writing manuscript copies of books.
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-Tatiyana Kharatanianis known in Iran as the “grandmother of
music”. She played piano for over 75 years, and taught the
piano for over 65.
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- Jamileh was a musician of the late 7th / early 8th century.
- Bazl was the first Iranian woman to write musical notation.
She lived during the 7th
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Members of campaign who
prohibited to leave the
country
- Nasrin Sotoudeh on november
10,2008
- Parvin Ardalan on March 3
,2008
- Mansoureh Shojaee on March
5 ,2007
- Talat Taghi nia on January
27,2007
- Sussan Tahmasebi on
October 26,2008
- Esha Momeni in October 2008
Fakhr-e Afagh Parsa
Raziyeh Sha’bani
Feb. 5, 1947 Raziyeh Sha’baniwas arrested. She was the first
woman political prisoner in the contemporary history of Iran.
She was the first woman political prisoner of Iran’s recent
history. She was born in 1925, and imprisoned for the first time
in 1946.
Feb. 4, 1921 the periodical Women’s World (Jahan-e Zanan),
edited by Fakhr –e Afaq Parsa, was published in Mashad. She
was born in 1896, and, unknown to her father, she attended
the School. Due to her articles, she was exiled to Qom for two
years, after which she joined the Patriotic Women’s Society,
and continued her struggle for the recognition of women’s
rights
Tatiyana Kharatanian
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Tuti Beikeh was one of the most prominent women of the
Karim Khan Zand period. She was the wife of Fathali
Khan, governor of Azarbaijan.
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-Bibi Monajamehwas a skilled astronomer who lived in the 13th
century.
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February 14,2008: two
other members of
campaign ,Raheleh
asgarizadeh and Nasim
Khosravi were arrested for
collecting signatures in
Tehran.
February 2007:the first
calendar of campaign for
one million signatures
(equality calendar) was
published by Noushin
Ahmadi Khorasani.
Tuti Beikeh
Ma’sumeh Ezat o-Sharieh
Feb. 12, 1993 International Women’s Games of Islamic Countries
held in Tehran.
Feb. 14, 1951 Ma’sumeh Ezat o - Shariehdied. She was born in 1891.
She studied the Koran and Ahadith, and began teaching at age 15.
In 1916, with the sale of an inheritance, she rented a home and
founded the Mahmoudieh Dushizegan School in 1880. She married
on condition that her husband would not prevent her social work.
Feb. 9, 1955 Shams ol–Moluk Mosahabpublished the journal
Village Life (Zendegiy-e Rusta’i).
-Tuba Roshdiehset up a school for girls in 1903, named
Education (Parvaresh), in a detached section of her own house.
Naturally, four days after its inauguration, government
employees threatened her and closed down the school.
Feb. 13, 1967 Forough Farokhzad, the famous Iranian poet, died.
She is still one of the most important poets of today. She was
born in Tehran in 1933. She studied painting at the Kamal ol-
Molk Conservatory. She also directed the film The House is
Black. Her poetry broke new ground by expressing women’s
emotions in an open and sincere way. She died in a car accident
in1967
Forough Farokhzad
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-Mehrangiz AfzalandZia Javidwere the first woman graduated
in the natural sciences, in 1940.
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-Malakeh Jahan was a scholar. She wrote Borhan ol-Iman in
1906, a book consisting of prayers and recitations praising God.
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February 16,2006 :women's
learning partnership (WLP)
issued statement in support
of Iranian women's
campaign for one million
signatures
February 22,2007: the
campaign for one million
signatures was launched in
Mashhad by holding a
training workshop and
participation of some
volunteers in the city.
Sedigheh Saminejad
In the winter 1934, the film Lor Girl (Dokhtar-e Lor),starring
Sedigheh (Ruhangiz) Samineijad, was screened. Saminejad is the
first Iranian woman to act in a film.
Feb. 17, 1954 Zakiyeh Rahnamapublished Sepidey –e Farda
magazine.
- Ma’sumeh Moghadam was the first civil individual to jump
free-fall and receive a parachutist’s license.
Following the signing of the treaty of Reji in late 1891, when
officials were breaking up a strike in the bazaar, a group of
armed women led by Zeynab Pasha appeared, and forced the
bazaar to close.
Zeynab Pasha was born in Azarbaijan. Her entry into social affairs
began at the time when Iran’s tobacco rights were handed over
to England by a treaty. Zeynab Pasha became head of a group
of Tabriz women who struggled against government
oppression and extortion. In Tabriz, she publicly declaimed
many courageous poems, and people saw her as a symbol of
heroism and resistance.
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