Ebook: The education of women ; and, the vices of men : two Qajar tracts
Author: Hasan Javadi, Willem Floor
- Tags: Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 19th century, Women -- Iran -- Conduct of life, Spouses -- Iran, Iran -- Social life and customs -- 19th century, Iran -- History -- Qajar dynasty 1794-1925, Qajar Dynasty (Iran), Manners and customs, Spouses, Women -- Conduct of life, Women -- Social conditions, Iran
- Series: Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Eurospan [distributor]
- City: London, Iran, Syracuse, N.Y., Iran.
- Language: English, Persian (Farsi)
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At the close of the 19th century, modern ideas of democracy and equality were slowly beginning to take hold in Iran. This guide, aimed at husbands as much as at wives, instructed women on how to behave toward their husbands, counselling them on proper dress, intimacy, and subservience.