Women's Enfranchisement Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

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

Family background; recollections of childhood and educational history; teaching at Tehran University; as Dean of Faculty of Letters of Tehran University; teaching at the American University of Beirut and at Harvard university; on problems that confronted Iranian universities; on Ali-Naqi Alikhani as Chancellor of Tehran University; on the academic agenda and calibre of Arya Mehr University of Technology and the problems facing that University; sources of the political unrest in the Iranian universities; role of the leftist and Islamic groups in student activism; impressions of the Shah and his religious beliefs; role of religion in the Iranian polity and society; rejuvenation of Iranian culture in the 1970s; cultural relations between Iran and other countries; on the personal traits of Queen Farah; on the Iranian political elite; recollections of Iran’s important religio-cultural figures; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79; recollections of the Ayatollahs Khomeini and Motahhari, and Ali Shari`ati.

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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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Dowlatshahi, Mehrangiz

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

Family background, education, and memories of childhood; recollections of the status of women in the 1930s; memories of Reza Shah and his court; on the campaign against veiling during Reza Shah’s reign; life in Germany during WWII; establishment of Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI), and the emergence of active lobbying for women’s rights; creation of various women’s associations and their activities; Rah-e No Society and its membership; WOI’s base of support; WOI’s international activities; recollection of the debate on the Family Protection Law; lobbying for women’s enfranchisement in 1963 and the government’s resistance to the idea; personal recollections of the Pahlavi family; women’s issues and the various Iranian political parties; on the Hezb-e Demokrat-e Iran; extent of participation of Iranian women’s organizations in international forums; on the workings of the Majles; ambassadorship to Denmark; activities of the Confederation of Iranian Students in Denmark; relations between Iran and Denmark; political concerns of Iran at international women’s forums; recollections of the Shah’s marriage to Queen Farah; opinion and memories of Farrokhru Parsa, Amir Abbas Hoveyda and other Iranian political personages; on the Revolution of 1978-79.

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