Familiarity of Iranians with the position of women in American society through the press and missionary schools in the Qajar period.

The necessity of change in the social and individual status of women as one of the most important conditions for getting rid of backwardness and following the path of modernity, had a special place in the thought of the intellectuals of the Qajar era, especially after the constitution. These intellectuals tried to study and introduce the status of American women through various tools, including publications. The present study aims to examine the process of awareness and knowledge of Iranians about the position of American women and its effects and results, using a descriptive and analytical method and relying on the press of this period. The findings of the study indicate that the press of this period, which knew the secret of the backwardness of Iranian women in the lack of education, while describing the admirable social status of American women, emphasized the need to educate Iranian women and change their status. in a result, the education of Iranian girls in American schools, which had already begun, expanded to the point where even continuing education in the United States was considered, and Iranian political representatives in the United States facilitated it. As a result, a large number of Iranian girls went to that country.