Noyan Tapan News Agency
Sept 19 2005
“CENTURY OF OUTSTANDING WOMEN” WORK DEDICATED TO PUBLIC ACTIVITY OF
ARMENIAN WOMEN OF 19th CENTURY AND EARLY 20th CENTURY PUBLISHED
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. “The Century of Outstanding
Women” research work by Anahit Haroutiunian, candidate of
philological sciences, was published. The subject of study is the
public activity of Armenian women in 19th century and early 20th
century. The work presents the historic preconditions and motivations
of women’s entering the public sphere, the activity of women’s NGOs
and society’s reaction to it. The history of separate women’s
organizations is accompanied by the biographical data and portraits
of the persons who played an important role in those organizations or
were famous in the society by their activity.
According to A.Haroutiunian, she presented the activity of women of
this period only in NGOs, enlightenment and social spheres. She
didn’t set herself a task to present women politicians or
revolutionaries as this part of the history has been already deeply
studied.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress