Women of the desert city

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	Women of the desert city 1- Article introduction 2- Women of Yezd 3- Hen party in Yezd 4- Special photos

	Mary Boazman Miss Mary Boazman was a British journalist and writer in the early 20th century. She was feminist and advocate of women’s rights. A number of articles written by her have been published in newspapers and magazines between 1900s and 1920s.

	Contents 1- About photos 2- Women travelling 3- Alexander’s prison 4- Yezdi women 5- Feast of #### 6- Khan with lady and vinegar factory 7- Baker’s boy in city

1- About photos

This article contains eight valuable historic photos from Yazd. All the photographs were specially taken for the article. The photographer is unknown, maybe the author. The photo captions are from the article.

2- Women travelling

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Persian women equipped for travelling.

3- Alexander’s prison

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The oldest building in Yezd. Said to have been erected by Alexander the Great, the founder of the city, as prison for his captives.

4- Yezdi women

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Left: A Persian washerwoman. One of the poor workers of Yezd. Right: A Parsee village woman. Observe the wide, parti-colored trousers, which are a typical feature in the costume of Eastern women.

5- Feast of ####

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The Feast of ####. Burning an effigy.

6- Khan with lady and vinegar factory

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Left: The Khan and his wife. The seated figure is the lady, in her strange Oriental costume. Right: A Persian vinegar factory. Showing the quaint Ali Baba jars still in use.

7- Baker’s boy in city

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In the city of Yezd. The figure on the left is a baker’s boy on his morning rounds.

	Lady’s Realm; volume 22; issue 144; October 1908 The Lady’s Realm was an illustrated monthly British women’s magazine, published from 1896 until 1916 in London. This feminist magazine was popular and sold reasonably well in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. The magazine was including articles, photographs, poems, fiction, fashion trends, enlightened ideas on women’s life and columns by popular authors such as Marie Corelli, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, Jack London, and Herbert George Wells. Its end may have been due to the First World War in 1916; and its history and archive was destroyed during the London Blitz in the Second World War in 1940 and 1941.

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I started work in Iran in 1965 (I was born in Alabama educated in California) In 1967 I married a Yazdi woman. In our 52 years of marriage we lived in Yazd and Tehran about 25 years. She and our children are the best moments of my life. This article while very interesting and informative it makes me smile. The article brings back memories that make me cry. This article is genuinely worth reading for anyone with an interest in Iranian culture. Thank you!

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nehemiah Cox

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