Analysis of Formation and Growth of Women's Sports in the Reza Shah's Era

After the coming to power of Reza Shah, sport, like many other social phenomena, was considered. Meanwhile, in the continuation of the debate on the need for change in the social status of women, women's sports were emphasized as a serious phenomenon. The present study, relying on the press of the first Pahlavi era and descriptive-analytical method, examines the emergence of women's sports in the Reza Shah period, and the contexts of its development. The main question of the research is what obstacles did women's sports face and what factors contributed to its relative relative progress in the future? The research findings show a set of factors such as; The misunderstanding of society and even women themselves about sports has long prevented women from turning to sport, Eventually, in the second half of Reza Shah's rule, under the influence of institutions such as the Pioneer Organization, the Women's Center, and the instructions of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, it emerged as a social phenomenon and was progressing until the Allied invasion of Iran in September 1941 It stopped years later.