1. Parashqevi Qiriazi was an Albanian teacher of the Qiriazi family who dedicated her life to the Albanian alphabet and to the instruction of written Albanian language.
11 Facts About Parashqevi Qiriazi
1. 2.
Parashqevi Qiriazi was a woman participant at the Congress of Manastir, which decided the form of the Albanian alphabet, and the founder of the Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association.
3.
Parashqevi Qiriazi was the sister of Sevasti Qiriazi, who was the director of the first Albanian School for girls in Korca, opened in 1891.
4.
Parashqevi Qiriazi later studied at the American College for Girls at Constantinople.
5.
Parashqevi Qiriazi is known for having organized teaching for children and night schools in other southern Albania villages and for helping to organize local libraries.
6.
Parashqevi Qiriazi contributed to the foundation of the Yll' i Mengjesit association in 1909 and later, when she had migrated to the US, she continued to publish the periodical with the same name from 1917 to 1920.
7.
Parashqevi Qiriazi later went to the United States and became a member of the Albanian-American community, on behalf of which she participated in the Conference of Peace of Paris in 1919 to represent the rights of the Albanians.
8.
Parashqevi Qiriazi returned to Albania in 1921, after which she followed political developments there with interest, without losing sight of national aspirations.
9.
Parashqevi Qiriazi became one of the founders and directors of the Female Institution named "Kyrias," after her family, in Tirana and Kamez, in cooperation with her sister Sevasti and brother-in-law Kristo Dako.
10.
Parashqevi Qiriazi stood as a firm anti-fascist throughout World War II, starting from the Italian invasion of 1939.
11.
Parashqevi Qiriazi survived and returned to Tirana after the war, but she and her sister's family then faced further persecution.