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Iran, 1953-1979: From the Shah to Islamic Revolution

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Women's Enfranchisement in the Shah

The Shah is keen on being seen as a progressive and lightened modern constitutional monarch. He also wants to make sure he gets the credit for the reform. Women's enfranchisement, in some ways, has the same structure as other reforms of the white revolution. The figure that is most associated with state feminism comes out of the whiterevolution period.

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