Varvara Sahakyan (died 1934) was an
Armenia
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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, 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 Armenian ...
,[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
Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan ( hy, Պերճուհի Պարտիզպանյան-Բարսեղյան, 1886 – 18 May 1940) was an Armenian pedagog, writer and humanitarian worker. She was one of the first three women elected to serve as a member ...
and Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan
Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan (died 1965) was an Armenian politician. In 1919 she was elected to parliament, becoming one of the first three female MPs in the country.
Biography
Zalyan-Manukyan was a nurse and worked at orphanages. She married Aram M ...
.[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 Tabriz
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in Persia
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, before settling in Iraq. However, the climate affected her health, and the family relocated to Beirut
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.[Առաջին հանրապետության կին պատգամավորները]
Women of Armenia She became involved in the local Armenian Relief Cross,[ but died in 1934.][
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References
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20th-century Armenian women politicians
20th-century Armenian politicians
Armenian Revolutionary Federation politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Armenia)
Armenian emigrants to Lebanon
1934 deaths