Analysis of Gender and Social Status of the Authors of Alam-e-Nesvan Journal

Constitutional revolution facilitated women presence in new cultural activities such as publishing feminine articles. Alam-e-Nesvanwas one of the journals that used to be published alternately in 1299-1312 H, (1920 to 1933) creating a good opportunity for both well-known and ordinary writers to express their opinions and points of view by publishing their papers. This investigation focuses on how the journal content was produced considering lack of foundation of nurturing literate women over that span of time.
This research work tried to determine authors’ social and cultural status as well as males and females participation rate in that journal. To that end, content and statistics analyses were conducted by sketching figures, drawing tables and categorizing articles in compilation or translation groups. The results of the analysis indicated that the authors collaborating with the journal in publishing articles were mainly women to be exact 45.4%, 43.3% women and men, respectively. Moreover, 11.3% of authors were unidentified. Most of the writers were literate people, either graduated from American schools or originally from the U.S.A, trying to familiarize women with modern cultures and values.