Famous Women

Sedigheh Dola-Abadi was a freedom loving woman and one of the first advocates of women’s rights in Iran. She was born to a religious family in Isfahan in 1882.
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Touran Mirhadi (1927-November 8, 2016) was an Iranian educator, researcher, and author. She was an expert in children’s books, established the Farhad experimental learning institute (a kindergarten, elementary, and later a high school in…
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Alamtaj or Jaleh Qaem-Maghami, poet and writer, was born  in Farahan on February 20, 1884, and passed away in Tehran at the age 63 on September 28, 1947. Her father, Fat’hollah Qaem-Maghami, was the great grandson of Qaem-Maghami Farahani,…
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Simin Khalili, better known as Simin Behbahani (20 July 1927-19 August 2014) is one of the most prominent contemporary Iranian poets, lyricist, and social activists. During her lifetime, Behbahani wrote more than 600 sonnets that were…
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Qamar (born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan in 1905 in Tehran) was the first Iranian female singer to record her songs and to appear on public stage without using hijab.  She was the first and is one of the the most famous female singers…
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Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari, (b. 1847, d. 1937) was a revolutionary and active member of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1909. Her father was Hossein Gholi Khan and his brother was Sardar (Commander) As’ad Bakhtiari. Bibi Maryam was a…
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The first non-silent Iranian movie, The Lor Girl, was screened in 1933 in Tehran. Sedigheh Saminejad starred in the movie, playing the role of Golnar, the Lor girl. Sedigheh Saminejad (a.k.a. Rouhangiz) was the first Iranian actress to…
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Parvin E'tesami, a famous Iranian poetess, was born on March 16, 1907 in Tabriz, and died on April 5, 1941. Parvin E'tesami was unique in her poetry. She chose not to offer her talent and poet to the kings and powerful, nor did she…
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Ashraf os-Sadat Marzieh (March 22, 1924 – October 13, 2010), known professionally as Marzieh, was a Tehran-born singer of Persian traditional music. Known as the great diva of Persian traditional song, her voice represented the 60-year…
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A study of Iran’s history reveals that women were able to break through different barriers and move forward
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