Nezhat Nafisi (Persian: نزهت نفیسی, 1920 – 2 January 2003) was an Iranian politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.
Nezhat Nafisi | |
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| Member of the National Consultative Assembly | |
| In office 1963–1967 | |
| Constituency | Kerman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1920 |
| Died | 2 January 2003 (aged 82–83) |
Biography edit
Born in 1920,[1] Nafisi grew up wanting to be a medical doctor, but was not allowed to complete her education.[2] After her first husband died,[2] she married Ahmad Nafisi, who served as mayor of Tehran from 1961 to 1963. Their daughter Azar became a writer.[3]
Women were granted the right to vote in 1963, and in the parliamentary elections that year, Nafisi was one of six women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.[4][5]
She died on 2 January 2003.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Azar Nafisi (2003) Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
- ^ a b Reading Mom and Dad in Tehran The New York Times, 2 January 2009
- ^ A Study Guide for Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books" Gale, 2016
- ^ Lois Beck & Guity Nashat (2004) Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic, p.141
- ^ Hamideh Sedghi (2007). Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 159. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511510380. ISBN 9780511510380.
External links edit
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