%0 PDF %T UPSETTING THE IDEA OF CENTURIES” THE ORIGINS OF THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN IRAN, 1850 - 1925. %A Seradj, Leila. %D 2014-09-15 12:18:03 -0400 %8 2014-09-15 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/0g354s08m %X Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: Nineteenth century Iran saw the emergence of a nation-wide conversation about the meaning of progress couched in terms modernization. One outcome of this debate was the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. The constitutionalists’ attempts to establish a modern governance system relied on greater participation and support by women in the public sphere. The participation of women in the Constitutional Revolution gave them, for the first time on a large scale, the experience in organizing themselves to demand an expansion of rights and opportunities available to women. This thesis argues that within the larger social debate about modernization in nineteenth century Iran, and attempts to achieve it, an opportunity emerged for the advancement of the status of women. %G eng %[ 2022-10-14 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution