Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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It was founded on February 1, 1847 in Hasköy (in Constantinople). It was the first foundation of Armenian women. It was genuine cultural foundation, which aimed to provide education for the girls in Hasköy. With the finances of this foundation it was possible to hire
It was created in April-May, 1866 in Constantinople. The inconsolable condition of the Armenian school both for boys and girls of Icadiye in Üsküdar districts urged the women of this quarter to initiate and carry out the school’s progress. Mrs. Y. Ayvazian, M. Charkhanian, K.
It intended to favor the girls’ school St. Khach of Selimiye district in Constantinople. Its purpose was to take care of the education of the girls. This Foundation did very important reforms in the program of girls’ education. In 1868 the Foundation of Ararat (Araratean
It was founded in Ortaköy district of Constantinople. In 1864 this Foundation created the Foundation of Charitable Women in Ortaköy as well, their purpose was to help women in need and trouble, to give subsidies to the helpless women. The Careful Women patronized the Hripsimiantz
It was founded by the efforts of Catholic Armenian women in Constantinople. It’s first purpose was to organize and patronize the education process of orphan girls and widows, secondly, to support Armenian schools in provinces. In 1892 a girls’ school was opened in Elazığ (Arm.
It was created on May 1, 1879 in Constantinople to educate poor girls. During the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II the Foundation was closed, but after the armistice in 1908 the Foundation was opened again. After the armistice in 1918 about 500 orphan girls
It was created in April 11, 1879 in Constantinople. Its purpose was to expand the education and enlightenment among the Armenian women. Since the day of its creation this foundation was supported by Armenian patriarchate of Constantinople, but the initiators of the foundation were exceptionally
Brabion was a teacher. She was born in Constantinople, she was of unique educated women of her time, she was known as the first Armenian woman teacher. She always assisted her brother Matt‛os Palatetsi (of Balad), who was a famous intellectual figure. The brother and
The first schools for girls in the Armenian reality are the Hripsimiantz school of Smyrna (Hṛip’simyeants’ varzharan, 1840), Yerevan’s Hripsimiantz school (Hṛip’simyants’ dprots’, 1850), but these schools began to multiply from the middle of the 19th century. The Armenian writer Perch Proshyan was especially noteworthy
Gayane was born in Tbilisi in 1852. At age of 18 she engaged in translation acivities, translating both from French and from Russian. She has worked as a surveyor at the Mariamian Girl’s School. Gayane studied pedagogy in Switzerland. Returning to the Caucasus, she dedicates