Varvara Sahakyan (died 1934) was an

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n politician. In 1919 she was elected to parliament, becoming one of the first three female MPs in the country.

Biography

Sahakyan married

Avetik Sahakyan Avetik Hovhannesi Sahakian ( hy, Աւետիք Սահակեան; 1863–1933), also known as Father Abraham, was an Armenian politician, the Parliamentary President (speaker) of the First Republic of Armenia in 1918–19, the social security minist ...

, who became the first Chairman of the Parliament of Armenia. A member of the

Armenian Revolutionary Federation The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenia ...

,Women's Suffrage: The Armenian Formula
Chai Khana she was a candidate in the June 1919 parliamentary elections, and was one of three women elected alongside Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan and Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan.The women MPs of the First Republic of Armenia
Armenians Today After the Bolshevik takeover in 1920, Avetik was imprisoned. Following his release, the couple and their children fled on foot to

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, before settling in Iraq. However, the climate affected her health, and the family relocated to

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Women of Armenia She became involved in the local Armenian Relief Cross, but died in 1934.

References

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