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List of Iranian women

The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.
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The women's movement in modern Iran is nearly 150 years old.

The terms Persian women or Iranian women, used interchangeably, refer to women of Iran (known as Persia outside Iran until 1935).

Notice: As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.

Nobel laureates and nominees

Scientists and Engineers

Academics

  • Janet Afary, Historian.
  • Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer, lecturer at Tehran University (2003 Nobel Laureate).
  • Mehrangiz Kar, Lawyer, fellow at Harvard University.
  • Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranologist, Professor of Tehran University.
  • Lady Amin (Banoo Amin), Jurisprudent and theologian.
  • Elaheh Koulaei, Professor of Political sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University
  • Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Chair of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature Department, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Camila Batmanghelidjh, Psychotherapist.
  • Farideh Farhi, Independent Scholar and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at University of Hawai'i, Mānoa
  • Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender and Professor of Persian and Women Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA ([10])
  • Nayereh Tohidi, Professor and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at California State University, Northridge and Research Associate at the Center for Near Eastern Studies at UCLA, USA ([11]).
  • noosheen shahandeh,
  • Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.
  • Laudan Nooshin, Musicologist and Senior Lecturer at City University of London ([12]).
  • Golbarg Bashi
  • Fariba Zarinebaf, Lecturer and Iran expert in the Department of History of Northwestern University, Illinois, USA ([13]).
  • Noushafarin Ansari, Professor at University Of Tehran, Secretary General of Children's Book Council Of Iran

Authors and poets

Visual Art

Artists

Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun
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Simin Daneshvar, Iranian novelist and author of Savushun

Athletes

Politicians

Royalty

Activists

In the news

Others

  • Farrokhrou Parsa, Medical doctor and former Minister of Education (the first Iranian woman to became a deputy and later Minister of Education); executed in 1980, following the Iranian Revolution
  • Zahra Rahnavard, First female chancellor of university after revolution
  • Parvaneh Eskandari Dariush Forouhar's wife
  • Sona Babai, Oldest naturalized Iranian American

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