After the publication of the first Persian women’s magazine '' Danesh'' in

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in 1910–1911, ''Shokufeh'' ( fa, شكوفه, italic=yes; DMG: ''Šokufeh'';

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meaning: "Blossom"), the next Persian magazine only for women, was established in 1913. The magazine was headquartered in Tehran and published on a biweekly basis. The editor was Maryam Amid Mozayen ol-Saltaneh, the daughter of Aqa Mirza Sayyed Razi Ra’is al-Atebba, a high-ranking medical advisor at the Qajar court.Camron Michael Amin. (2002). ''The Making of the Modern Iranian Woman: Gender, State Policy, and Popular Culture, 1865–1946'', Gainesville, pp. 40-41. Almost at the same time, Mozayen ol-Saltaneh founded the Iranian Women’s Society Anjoman Khavatin Irani, which objectives she published in the ''Shokufeh'' magazine.Parvin Paidar. (1995). ''Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran'', Cambridge, p. 92. She supported particularly the promotion of Iranian products and industry as well as education, science and art among women. At first the magazine dealt predominantly with topics that concerned mainly women, like equality of rights, education, upbringing, hygiene and ethics.Hamideh Sedghi. (2007). ''Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling'', Cambridge, p. 55. In the course of the work of the Iranian Women’s Society the topics started to be more political, whereby the national independence and the woman's role were addressed. ''Shokufeh'' claimed not to interfere in the men's political sphere, but was unable always to keep to it, which brought the magazine under

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. After Mozayen ol-Saltanehs death in 1919 the publication of ''Shokufeh'' was suspended.

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