Bibliography: BIB35577

Key	BIB35577
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Promoting the Advancement of Women : Baha'i Schools for Girls in Iran, 1909–35
Journal	Iranian Studies
Author	Zabihi-Moghaddam, Siyamak
Year	2013
Date	2013
Issue	2
Volume	46
ISSN	0021-0862
Abstract	In the early twentieth century, Iranian Baha'is were at the forefront of efforts to promote modern schooling for girls in Iran. Using previously untapped published primary sources and archival records, this article examines the history of the Baha'i schools for girls in the context of modern schooling of Iranian girls and assesses their contribution to female education in Iran. This contribution was significant and all the more remarkable considering the Iranian Baha'is? numbers and resources and the restrictions under which they operated. Most notably, in the spring of 1933, less than two years before the forced closure of Baha'i schools by the Pahlavi state, 4 percent of all females in Iran's accredited schools were enrolled in Baha'i schools. The Baha'i community's most prestigious school, Tarb?yat-i ban?t in Tehran, was by this time Iran's largest girls? school. Outside Tehran, in some localities, the only girls? schools were run by Baha'is, and in others a significant portion of all female pupils were enrolled in Baha'i schools.
Language	English
Keywords	SCHOOLS; IRAN; GIRLS; 20TH CENTURY
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00210862.2012.758480
DOI	10.1080/00210862.2012.758480
Pages	273–305
Access date	2013/04/08