The Impact of Women's Organizations and Associations on Promoting the Status of Women in Society (Qajar )

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

Fatemeh Mahboob ¹ , AliAsghar Davoudi ² , Hamid saeedijavadi ³

1 - Department of Political Science, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of Political Science, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2023-02-22 Accepted : 2023-05-28 Published : 2023-05-28

Keywords: constitutional revolution, Qajar period, institutionalism, The Status of Women, Women's Associations,

Abstract :

During the Qajar period, women in a traditional and patriarchal society had the least amount of social, economic, cultural and political rights. Factors such as the constitutional revolution and the expansion of relations between Iran and the West caused some intellectual and progressive women to think of asserting women's rights in this traditional and religious environment. For this purpose, women started to establish educational and civic institutions such as girls' schools, associations and women's publications in order to inform women and work for their rights. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of women's associations in promoting the status of women in Qajar society. To this end, the question arises that what effect did women's associations have on the promotion of the status of women in the Qajar period? The current research has proposed the hypothesis that these associations improved the social and political status of women through the development of awareness, change of attitude and giving identity to women. The results of the research show that these associations, by establishing several girls' schools, creating meetings and gatherings, and establishing a publication, have increased the number of literates, increased awareness, changed the attitude and demands of a large number of women, and have provided the prerequisites and conditions for their entry into society.