The position and role of women of ethnic groups in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (Case study: Sardar Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Political Science, Humanities, Torbat Heydariyeh University, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

2 Department of History and Civilization of Islamic Nations, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran

3 Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Torbat Heydariyeh Branch, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran

Abstract

One of the basic features of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution is the presence of women and their role in organizations, associations and political scenes of the struggle against the Qajar government. Throughout Iran's history, the role of women in the field of political and social developments has rarely been considered, although the reasons for this neglect are a separate issue. During the Constitutional Revolution, Iranian women had the opportunity to overcome their intellectual and political limitations and to show and emphasize their political and social empowerment in Iranian society by helping the constitutionalists. The role of women in the Constitutional Revolution is not limited to the women of Tehran, and many women in other parts of the country, as well as women of different ethnicities and groups, were able to play a role during the Constitutional Revolution, so that some of these women The hands of the constitutionalists were also present. In this article, an attempt is made to discuss the role of women of different ethnicities and groups by examining the case study of Maryam Bakhtiari's baby. The author will use analytical-descriptive method to investigate this issue and will analyze the research data by qualitative method.

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