Zandokht Shirazi | |
Native Name: | زنددخت شیرازی |
Birth Date: | 1909 |
Birth Place: | Iran |
Death Date: | 1953 (aged 44) |
Zandokht Shirazi/ Zanddokht Shirazi (fa|زندخت / زنددخت شیرازی; 1909 – 1953), was a prominent Iranian feminist, poet, school teacher and women's rights activist.[1]
Her birthname was Fakhrolmoluk and she was born into one of Shiraz's aristocratic families. She established Majma' e Enghelabi e Nesvan (Revolutionary Society of Women) in Shiraz in 1927, at the age of 18. The aims of the organization were the emancipation and unveiling of women.[2] She published Dokhtran Iran (Daughters of Iran), a newspaper on women's issues from 1931 initially in Shiraz.[3] After a few years, she moved to Tehran due to the unsuitable situations in Shiraz, and tried publishing Iranian Daughters' Publication. Her poems have radical feminist perspectives.