1st Edition

Women And Revolution In Iran

By Guity Nashat Copyright 1984
312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

312 Pages
by Routledge

Iranian women acquired greater legal, social, and economic opportunities during the past three decades than in any other period of history, yet they participated in large numbers in the 1979 revolution to overthrow Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Ironically, they may have lost. more than any other group from the changes introduced and stand to lose even more from changes contemplated by leaders of the... Read more
Introduction, Part I Historical Perspective, Part II Women and Revolution, Part III Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Biography

Dr. Nashat teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. She is the author of Beginnings of Modern Reform in Iran.