Zandokht Shirazi

Zandokht Shirazi, also Zanddokht Shirazi, also known as Fakhr ol-Molūk was a prominent Iranian feminist, poet, school teacher and women's rights activist.

Biography

Her birthname was Fakhrolmoluk and she was born into one of Shiraz's aristocratic families. She established Majma'-e Enghelabi-ye Nesvan in Shiraz in 1927, at the age of 18. The aims of the organization were the emancipation and unveiling of women. She published Dokhtran Iran, a newspaper on women's issues from 1931 initially in Shiraz. After a few years, she moved to Tehran due to the unsuitable situations in Shiraz, and tried publishing Iranian Daughters' Publication. Her poems have radical feminist perspectives.