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Related articles about the subject of girls' schools in Iran may also be included. Pages in category "Girls' schools in Iran" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Iran Bethel School was established by an American Presbyterian missionary organization for girls school in 1874; [5] [6] the school initially only enrolled European and Iranian Christian students, but received Muslim girls from 1888. [6]
Fiske Seminary, formerly the Urmia Seminary, was a Missionary girls' school founded by the American Presbyterian Mission in 1838, and located in Urmia, Qajar Iran (present day Iran). It was the first school for girls in Iran. [1] The school is named after Fidelia Fisk, an American Congregationalist and one of missionary founders. [2]
In September 2015, women comprised more than 70% of all universities' student body in Iran. [57] This high level of achievement and involvement in high education is a recent development of the past decades. The right to a respectable education has been a major demand of the Iranian women's movement starting in the early twentieth century.
Iran Bethel School (1874–1968) was a school in Tehran, established by an American Presbyterian missionary organization for girls in 1874. [1] It was the precursor to the Damavand College . History
A few weeks after it began, the scale and intensity of Iran’s uprising are tangibly diminishing an already weak regime in Tehran.. Women, who for more than four decades bore the brunt of the ...
Iranian women rights activists determined education is a key for the country's women and society; they argued giving women education was best for Iran because mothers would raise better sons for their country. [96] Many Iranian women, including Jaleh Amouzgar, Eliz Sanasarian, Janet Afary, and Alenush Terian have been influential in the sciences.
Iranian women, long oppressed by their own government, are bravely removing their hijabs in protest, burning them, and cutting their long hair — an act of defiance. At one riot, the crowd shouts ...