The terms Persian women or Iranian women, used interchangeably, refer to women of Iran (known as Persia outside Iran until 1935).
Notice: As one person may have contributed to more than one field, they can be categorized in multiple areas.
Nobel laureates and nominees
edit- Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Laureate. (Peace)
- Simin Behbahani, 1997 Nobel prize Nominee. (Literature)
Scientists and Engineers
edit- Fariba Adelkhah, Director of Research at Centre for International Studies and Research, France. [1]
- Anousheh Ansari, First female space tourist, leading telecommunication entrepreneur, and namesake of the X Prize
- Mina Bissell, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division. [2]
- Mariam Kamkar, Head of Computer and Information Science Department, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [3]
- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [4]
- Farshid Moussavi, World leader in Architectural Engineering
- Simin Nikbin Meydani, Senior Scientist and Director at Tufts University. [5]
- Manijeh Razeghi, Director, Center for Quantum Devices, Northwestern University. [6]
- Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Cryptographer, professor of computer science, and head of Telecommunications and Information Technology Research Institute at University of Wollongong
- Nahid Shahmehri, Director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Information, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden. [7]
- Azadeh Tabazadeh, Stanford University scientist from NASA. [8] Article about her in TIME magazine
- Saba Valadkhan, American Association for the Advancement of Science Young scientist award
- Maryam Mirzakhani, Mathematician
- Maryam Alavi, Chairperson and professor of information systems, University of Maryland
- Fatemeh Zahedi or (Maryam Zahedi), Distinguished Professor in Management Information Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Fatemeh Milani, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a fellow of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
- Mahpareh Mostoufizadeh, Vice President of Board of Directors, Iranian-American Medical Association
- Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, Founder & President of Productivity Apex, Inc.
- Fereshteh Motamedi, Professor of Physiology, Permanent member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences.
- Maryam Sadri, Vice President in Charge of Operation in Specialty Laboratories, Santa Clarita, California.
- Fattaneh Tavassoli, Director of Women's Health Program GYN and Breast Pathology, Professor of Pathology, Yale University.
- Parvin Ganjei-Azar, Professor of Pathology, Director of Cytopathology, School of Medicine, University of Miami.
Academics
edit- Janet Afary, Historian.
- Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer, lecturer at Tehran University (2003 Nobel Laureate).
- Mehrangiz Kar, Lawyer, fellow at Harvard University.
- Jaleh Amouzgar, Iranologist, Professor of Tehran University.
- Lady Amin (Banoo Amin), Jurisprudent and theologian.
- Elaheh Koulaei, Professor of Political sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University
- Fatemeh Keshavarz-Karamustafa, Chair of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literature Department, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis
- Camila Batmanghelidjh, Psychotherapist.
- Flora Peyvandi, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,University of Milan, Italy, chair of Rare Bleeding disoders in International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, [9]
Authors and poets
edit- Mina Assadi, Famous poet and author, winner of the Hellman/Hammett awards (human Rights Watch) in New York in the year of 1996
- Mahshid Amirshahi, Novelist
- Farzaneh Aghaeipour, Playwright and novelist
- Mastoureh Ardalan, Poet
- Simin Behbahani, Poet and 1997 Nobel prize nominee.
- Simin Daneshvar, Academic, novelist and translator of literary texts from several languages into Persian
- Parvin E'tesami, Poet (classical)
- Forough Farrokhzad, Poet (modern)
- Rabe'e Ghazdari, Poet
- Roya Hakakian, Writer and poet
- Sheema Kalbasi, Poet
- Justine Harun-Mahdavi, German-Iranian writer.
- Rosie Malek-Yonan, Author, actor and director. Author of THE CRIMSON FIELD
- Mahsati, Medieval poet
- Azadeh Moaveni, Writer and journalist
- Shahrnush Parsipur, Novelist
- Zoya Pirzad, Novelist and winner of Hushang Golshiri Award
- Tahereh Qorrat Al-'Ayn, Poet, philosopher and theologian; Seventeenth disciple or Letter of the Living of the Báb (mid 19th century)
- Mahasti Shahrokhi, Novelist
- Farzaneh Khojandi, Tajik poet
- Golrokhsar Safi Eva, National poet of Tajikistan
Artists
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