Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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German researcher August Hacksthausen, who was in Armenia in the first half of the 19th century, writes that Armenian women have equal rights as compared to other Asian peoples around the world. Young women are free to get married for love, not by force, as
The first periodicals in Armenian reality specially targeting women were Haverjahas (1862) and Guitar (published in Constantinople from 1862-1863) journals. Haverjahas anounced that it was going to publish materials of special interest to Armenian young ladies and women presenting Paris’ fashion and publishing love novels
The start of organized public activist of Armenian women is considered 1847 during which women from Khasgyugh from the Ottoman Empire came together and founded an association. No information on this organization is preserved, but it is known that the main goal of it was
I In the 19th century, some oratorical discussions on women’s freedom (emancipation) were going on among Constantinople’s community, initiating different interpretations. The newspaper Tsaghik (Flower) in their column Freedom to Women wrote that women by nature are feeble beings, and they exploit men[1]. Considering women’s freedom
Diana Abgar with her husband “Peace can prevail only through fairness” – Diana Abgar Diana Abgar was born in Burma. She received English education and settled in Japan. In 1892, she published her first book (“Susan in Kobe”) and later the book “Home stories of
Srbuhi was one of the progressive Armenian women of her time, one of the pioneers of the introduction of feministic ideas and movement in Armenian (namely in Western Armenian reality), as well as a poet and a novelist. She was born in Constantinople in 1841
Nazlι was born in Kayseri (Caesarea) in 1814 and later moved to Constantinople. She was one of the most sophisticated and well-educated Armenians of her time and along with Armenian and Turkish knew French and Greek. She had a great contribution to education and enlightenment
Heghine was born in New Nakhichevan. After graduating from Gymnasium, Heghine was involved in teaching, then she left for Tabriz, where she started working at Haigazian School, while continuing her efforts to increase women’s involvement in public activities. She was working closely with women and
Araksi was a daughter of a well-known family dynasty of Aintab. She was very keen to learn, thus she finished the local Haykanushian School and the American College of Marash. Later, she dedicated herself to teaching at the Haykanushian and Krtasirats Lyceums. Araksi had so
Tamar Zapinian was born in 1873 in Zeitun. As far as she lost her parents quite soon after her birth, she was sent to the missionary school by her protestant uncles. In Zeytoun, only the children of the priests were educated, and the people were