Women Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Shamlu, Maryam

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Family and educational background; recollections of schooling in France and England, and experiences with women’s movements in those countries; impressions of the sociopolitical climate at Iranian universities; on the change in the social role of women in Iran in the 1970s; consciousness raising and other activities of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI) and their impact on women’s consciousness throughout the country; recollections of political activism among Iranian intellectuals in the 1970s; participating in meetings organized by Abdol-Karim Lahiji and Ali Asghar Haj Seyyed Javadi; women’s role in the revolutionary movement and their reaction to its aftermath; on the views of the National Front leaders on Khomeini; National Front’s policy towards the Bakhtiyar premiership; fate of the WOI after the Revolution; changes in the image of women following the Revolution; on the organization and composition of the demonstrating crowds; women’s rights and the politics of power in revolutionary Iran; impressions of Iran during a trip in 1989; impact of gender segregation on the culture of the educated classes; on women’s condition in post-revolutionary Iran.

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Shahrokh (Yeganegi), Farangis

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000

Recollections of childhood and upbringing in a Zoroastrian family; on the status of minorities in Iran and its evolution; recollections of activities of the High Council of Women’s Organization of Iran; recollection of early cooperation with the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); on General Haji Ali Razmara’s efforts to involve women in governmental affairs; organization and mode of activity of various women’s groups; recollections of women’s activism for enfranchisement and the Alam government’s reaction; Princess Ashraf’s role in women’s affairs; on the events of 1963-64; on the formation and activities of the Handicrafts of Iran Organization and its impact on rural life in Iran.

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Ruhi, Homa

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Recollections of the Revolution of 1978-79; working of government agencies during the Bazargan period; personal experiences with the revolution as a high level public servant; recollections of the working of the government during the Bakhtiyar period; reaction of the revolutionaries to the Women’s Organization of Iran; recollections of arrest and interrogation following the Revolution; on changes in the situation of women in Iran after the Revolution.

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Reid, Elizabeth

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Recollections of the women’s rights movement of Australia; first encounters with and impressions of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); reminiscences of life in Tehran; on WOI’s international activities; recollections of revolutionary activism in Iran and its impact on women; personal experiences with the Revolution of 1978-79; reference to Pari Soltan Mohammadi’s study of conversion experience among previously emancipated women in 1978-79.

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Mohi, Malek-taj

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Reminiscences of life in Esfahan; women’s status in a traditional society; involvement in political activities; election to the City Council of Esfahan; activities in the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); on the City Council of Esfahan and its relation to the Governor’s Office; election to the Majles; on the patterns of voting in the Majles elections in Esfahan; on the working of the Majles; WOI’s activities in Esfahan, and their impact on the social status of women; recollections of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Moayyed-Sabeti, Parvin

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Family background and upbringing; first involvements with charity work; recollections of the status of women in Mashhad in the 1930s; on the resistance to the abrogation of veiling in 1936; beginnings of women’s rights movements in Iran; recollections of Princess Ashraf; political activities of Iranian women; reminiscences of the working of Women’s Organization of Iran; on the change of attitudes towards women in the late 1970s; activities with Iranian youth; on Prime Minister Hoveyda’s projects for the youth and their balance-sheets; preparations for the Asian Games of 1974; on the construction of the Olympic Village; on the construction industry in Iran; recollections of Prime Minister Hoveyda; experiences with the Revolution; life in exile.

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Kafa’i, Forugh

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Recollections of childhood in Mashhad; experiences as an entrepreneurs; on the Society for Protection of Animals; on relaying the Society’s message to an unsympathetic public; career at the Blood Transfusion Center; on Daryush Mehrju’i’s film, Dayereh-i Mina; role of the Blood Transfusion Center during the Revolution; on cultural activities in Mashhad in the 1970s; first impressions of the Revolution; on the impact of the Revolution on the Status of women in Iran; impressions of life in exile.

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Firuz, Mozaffar

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Recollections of politics during the Reza Shah period; Reza Shah’s relations with Nosratdowleh Firuz; on the Mosaddeq premiership; on taking political action against the Pahlavi regime; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79 and the future of Iran.

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Faqih, Nasrin

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Family background; religious sentiments and anti-Pahlavi feelings in her upbringing; recollections of her grandfather, Ayatollah Kashani; education in the West; on changes in the status of women in Iran; work on developing a master plan for the city of Esfahan; recollections of organizing for revolutionary activities in the late 1970s; role of the intelligentsia in the Revolution of 1978-79; political ethos of the intelligentsia and their views on Ayatollah Khomeini; recollection of changes in the political climate during the Bakhtiyar premiership; activism for women’s rights during the Revolution; women’s rights in Persian social and political culture.

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Ebtehaj-Samii, Nayyereh

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:37 +0000

Family and educational background; early interest in women’s rights; reaction of Iranian women to Reza Shah’s campaign against veiling; formation of women’s rights groups and their impact on government policy-making; political enfranchisement of women in 1963; participation in elections to the Majles; structure and mode of operation of Iran Novin Party; reminiscences of Amir Abbas Hoveyda; workings of the Majles; government’s position on women’s rights; Hoveyda’s views on the Rastakhiz Party; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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