Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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Khadija Khanim Alibekova, one of the first women- enlighters and educators. In 1911 she became the editor of the first female newspaper “Ishik” (“Light”) in the Muslim East. The newspaper was published at the expense of the well-known philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev.
Govhar khanum Gaibova is the daughter of the Caucasian mufti, poet and educator Mirza Mohammed Gaibzade. She graduated from the Tiflis Institute of Noble Maidens with a gold medal, taught at the Tiflis and Baku women’s schools, and educated illiterate women. The wife of General
Hamid-khanum Ahmad bey qizi Mamedkulizadeh (nee Javanshir) is one of the first Azerbaijani educators, public figure, the wife of writer and publicist Jalil Mammadguluzadeh.