12 Facts About Sediqeh Dowlatabadi

On one of the occasions when Dowlatabadi was arrested for her activities, she replied:.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi's father was Hadi Dolatabadi and her mother was Khatameh Begum.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi's father was a progressive religious jurist and allowed Dolatabadi to begin her education in Persian and Arabic in Tehran.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi then continued her secondary education at Dar-ol-Fonoun Academy.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi believed that the only route for the advancement of women was through their education.

The school was closed after objections from religious conservatives and Sediqeh Dowlatabadi was beaten and detained for three months as a result.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi established the Women's Association of Isfahan at this time.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi was an outspoken advocate for the unveiling of women.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi is believed to have been the first woman to have done so, appearing in public in 1928 completely unveilied.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi died on 27 August 1961 at the age of 80 in Tehran.

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi was buried next to her brother in the Imamzadeh Ismail Cemetery in Zargandeh, however during the 1978 Revolution her tomb was damaged and her remains desecrated.

Some of Sediqeh Dowlatabadi's archive is kept at the World Foundation for Social Research in Amsterdam.