Author

• Elham Malekzadeh

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Historical Research, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, and Continuous member of Iranian Society of History

Abstract

In the beginning of Pahlavi dynasty one of the slogans was change and promotion of conditions of women for exiting from traditional life. hence some acts took place, among which forbidding Hejab is well known. Education of girls, their employment outside home and present at the meetings were important actions that were promoted by the government. Writers also wrote about Ideology, politics of government and especially Reza shah. that works which are named Formal Historiography in Pahlavi I age, are results of government actions and viewpoint of governmental historians about affairs of women. this article with a descriptive- analytical method is about to find a suitable answer for this question : What was women's place in formal historiography?

Keywords

• Reza Shah
• Women
• Historiography
• Pahlavi I Age