Maryam Farman Farmaian

Biography:

Maryam Firouz or Princess Maryam Farman Farmaian was a daughter of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Batoul Khanoum. She founded the women's section of the Tudeh party of Iran. She received a liberal education for the Persian women of her time and attended university later in life while living in exile. She was a linguist fluent in Persian Arabic French Russian German and English.