Sediqeh Dowlatabadi

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi
صدیقه دولت‌آبادی
Born1882
DiedJuly 30, 1961(1961-07-30) (aged 78–79)

Sediqeh Dowlatabadi (Persian: صدیقه دولت‌آبادی listen; 1882 in Isfahan – July 30, 1961 in Tehran) was an Iranian feminist activist and journalist and one of the pioneering figures in the Persian women's movement.

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

Sir, I was born a hundred years late, if I had been born earlier, I would not have allowed women to be so humiliated and trapped in your chains.[1]

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