By Manda Zand-Ervin and Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi
Artemesia was a woman who commanded the Iranian naval forces when Cyrus the Great attacked Greece in 563 BCE. The women of Iran were equal members of their society in ancient Iran and joined their men in the affairs of State - until 623AD, when Iran was invaded by the military forces of Islamic Arabs who imposed their rule upon Iranians.
During the 15th century, the Ottomans invaded Iran making the Mullahs partners of the crown in order to control Iranians and, worse yet, oppress women.
In 1888, the women of Iran joined the revolutionary forces to fight for modernity, constitutional monarchy and separation of the religion and state.
According to historians, alongside the dead revolutionaries in the battlefields lay the bodies of women who valiantly fought shoulder to shoulder with the men. The constitutional revolution succeeded in 1906, but in their negotiations with the plutocratic Mullahs, the revolutionary leadership left the family laws under the cleric-controlled Sharia. The women of Iran were betrayed but their war against the Mullahs had just begun. In 1907, with the establishment of their nationwide, underground organization, "The Secret Society of the Ladies," a war was declared on the clergy; they would not stop until they had their equal rights. Read more ...
Artemesia was a woman who commanded the Iranian naval forces when Cyrus the Great attacked Greece in 563 BCE. The women of Iran were equal members of their society in ancient Iran and joined their men in the affairs of State - until 623AD, when Iran was invaded by the military forces of Islamic Arabs who imposed their rule upon Iranians.
During the 15th century, the Ottomans invaded Iran making the Mullahs partners of the crown in order to control Iranians and, worse yet, oppress women.
In 1888, the women of Iran joined the revolutionary forces to fight for modernity, constitutional monarchy and separation of the religion and state.
According to historians, alongside the dead revolutionaries in the battlefields lay the bodies of women who valiantly fought shoulder to shoulder with the men. The constitutional revolution succeeded in 1906, but in their negotiations with the plutocratic Mullahs, the revolutionary leadership left the family laws under the cleric-controlled Sharia. The women of Iran were betrayed but their war against the Mullahs had just begun. In 1907, with the establishment of their nationwide, underground organization, "The Secret Society of the Ladies," a war was declared on the clergy; they would not stop until they had their equal rights. Read more ...
Source: Family Security Matters
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