Photos Show What Life Looked Like for Iranian Before 1979 Revolution

Tenacious women’s rights organizations, like the Organization of Iranian Women, The Women’s Party, The Women’s Democratic Organization, and the Women’s Progressive Movement finally succeeded in their suffrage efforts when the Shah granted them the right to vote and be elected into parliament on February 26, 1963.

In the parliamentary elections held later that year, six women were elected, while two others were appointed to the Senate by the Shaw himself.