The Effect of Women's Publications on Promoting the Position of Women in Qajar Period

Subject Areas : علوم سیاسی

Fatemeh Mahboob ¹ , علی اصغر داودی ² , Hamid Saeedi Javadi ³

1 - PhD student of Mashhad Azad University, Iranian Issues, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - استادیار گروه علوم سیاسی، واحد مشهد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مشهد، ایران
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2023-06-18 Accepted : 2023-06-18 Published : 2023-03-01

Keywords: constitutional revolution, Qajar period, institutionalism, Position of women, Women's publications,

Abstract :

During the Qajar period, women were subjected to severe restrictions due to patriarchal and traditional society, and due to illiteracy and lack of presence in society, they suffered from ignorance of the environment and ignorance due to lack of connection with the outside world. In addition to associations, women created women's magazines and newspapers to raise awareness and protest their status. The Constitutional Revolution led to the gradual presence of women journalists and women's publications in the press arena. This was not easy to do because religious and traditional communities were among the factors limiting women's activities. For this reason, the question arises that what effect did women's publications have on the promotion of the position and situation of women in Qajar society? Given that after the Constitutional Revolution, newspapers were one of the most important media outlets, the hypothesis is that women, like other sections of society, have expressed their views and goals through publications and tried to raise awareness and change the mentality and attitude of women. The results of the research show the growth of awareness, change of attitude and the entry of a large number of women into society. Because with the entry of the first Pahlavi period, submissive women without claiming the Qajar period, have become aware and demanding women and have raised demands such as equal rights with men and the right to enter society and employment, which is mainly the result of the activities of Qajar periodicals. The method of the present research is descriptive-analytical and the data are collected in a library method.