The dominant discourse over women education in high school text books (1345 – 1357 S.H.)

The second phase of modernization in Iran began with the compilation of the fundamentals and principles of the White Revolution. The education of women which was formerly considered a part of Iranian innovation program gained momentum and went under consideration and investigation. The innovative discourse of the Reza Shah era that was formed under women emancipation and included the education of women was also affected by the White Revolution and the political, social and economic situations of that period. “National education” as the most significant educational policy of this period along with the concept of women emancipation led to the formation of the programs and plans for women education. Therefore, in this period. the education policy of women’s education was a movement from house and family to social and economic and political aspects. This new study employing the traditional continuity concept in history and through a descriptive analytical approach, follows the plans and programs for women education in the textbooks of this period in order to illuminate the identity of the modern woman and the application of this identity in the process of modernization in Iran.