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'''Rose Shahfa''' (1890–6 August 1955{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.
'''Rose Shahfa''' (1890–6 August 1955{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.


Shahfa joined the [[Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union]] in the 1920s as one of many women promoting the role of women in society.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=98}} After women's journals began to decline in the 1930s, Shahfa continued to work in women's journalism as a prominent writer for several journals.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=217}} This change limited her ability to write freely about women's topics to the same extent as previous women's writers. When writing for the fascist journal ''al-Amali'', she described motherhood as a prominent role in the lives of women and a means through which women could increase their influence in society.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|pp=217–218}} In November 1943, Shahfa was one of the leaders of protests against the [[Paternalism|paternalist]] [[Kataeb Party]].{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=256}}
Shahfa joined the [[Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union]] in the 1920s as one of many women promoting the role of women in society.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=98}} After women's journals began to decline in the 1930s, Shahfa continued to work in women's journalism as a prominent writer for several journals.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=217}} This change limited her ability to write freely about women's topics to the same extent as previous women's writers. When writing for the fascist anti-Israeli journal ''al-Amal,'' which was a journal that served as a way to convey the [[Paternalism|paternalist]] Kataeb Party's ideals,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zisser |first=Eyal |date=1995 |title=The Maronites, Lebanon and the State of Israel: Early Contacts |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4283765 |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=889–918 |issn=0026-3206}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Entelis |first=John Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970 |date=1974 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-03911-7 |language=en}}</ref> she described motherhood as a prominent role in the lives of women and a means through which women could increase their influence in society, by raising sons with correct morals and strong masculinity.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|pp=217–218}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Filter |first=Dagmar |url=https://books-google-com.translate.goog/books?id=48KADQAAQBAJ&pg=PA238&dq=rose+shahfa&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc |title=Arabischer Frühling?: Alte und neue Geschlechterpolitiken in einer Region im Umbruch |last2=Reich |first2=Jana |last3=Fuchs |first3=Eva |date=2016-11-15 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-86226-852-8 |language=de}}</ref> In November 1943, Shahfa was one of the leaders of protests against the [[Kataeb Party]].{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=256}}


On 11 December 1944, Shahfa led the Lebanese delegation to the first Arab Women's Conference.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=273}}{{Sfn|Badran|1996|p=239}} At this conference, she argued strongly in favor of women's participation in politics, arguing "that the educated woman has more right to political privileges than the ignorant man who enjoys these rights".{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=273}} Syrian women were first allowed universal suffrage in 1953.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=MacLeavy |first=Julie |date=December 2009 |title=Women, politics and power: a global perspective – By Pamela Paxton and Melanie M Hughes |url=https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00916_5.x |journal=Area |language=en |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=480–481 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00916_5.x |issn=0004-0894}}</ref> In particular, she supported women's involvement in the [[End of World War II in Europe|peace process]] of [[World War II]].{{Sfn|D'Itri|1999|p=185}} Shahfa lobbied Lebanese Prime Minister [[Abdul Hamid Karami]] to accept the resolutions proposed at the conference, convincing him to organize a committee to address the issue.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=275}}
Shahfa joined the International Alliance for Women's Suffrage (IAWS) in 1935.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lanfranchi |first=Sania Sharawi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6SmDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist |date=2012-11-06 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85773-777-9 |language=en}}</ref> On 11 December 1944, Shahfa led the Lebanese delegation to the first Arab Women's Conference.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=273}}{{Sfn|Badran|1996|p=239}} At this conference, she argued strongly in favor of women's participation in politics, arguing "that the educated woman has more right to political privileges than the ignorant man who enjoys these rights".{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=273}} Syrian women were first allowed universal suffrage in 1953.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Women_Politics_and_Power.html?id=u257ywEACAAJ |title=Paxton |date=2020-03-17 |pages=44}}</ref> In particular, she supported women's involvement in the [[End of World War II in Europe|peace process]] of [[World War II]].{{Sfn|D'Itri|1999|p=185}} Shahfa lobbied Lebanese Prime Minister [[Abdul Hamid Karami]] to accept the resolutions proposed at the conference, convincing him to organize a committee to address the issue.{{Sfn|Thompson|2000|p=275}}


== References ==
== References ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==


* {{Cite book |last=Badran |first=Margot |url=https://archive.org/details/feministsislamna0000badr_l4v9 |title=Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=1996 |isbn=9781400821433}}
** Badran, Margot (1996). [[iarchive:feministsislamna0000badr_l4v9|''Feminists, Islam, and Nation: Gender and the Making of Modern Egypt''.]] Princeton University Press. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/9781400821433|<bdi>9781400821433</bdi>]].
** Dagmar Filter, Eva Fuchs, Jana Reich. (2016). [https://books-google-com.translate.goog/books?id=48KADQAAQBAJ&pg=PA238&dq=rose+shahfa&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc Arabischer Frühling?: Alte und neue Geschlechterpolitiken in einer Region im Umbruch]. Centaurus Publishing & Media
* {{Cite book |last=D'Itri |first=Patricia Ward |url=https://archive.org/details/crosscurrentsini0000ditr |title=Cross Currents in the International Women's Movement, 1848-1948 |publisher=Bowling Green State University Popular Press |year=1999 |isbn=9780879727826}}
** D'Itri, Patricia Ward (1999). ''[[iarchive:crosscurrentsini0000ditr|Cross Currents in the International Women's Movement, 1848-1948]]''. Bowling Green State University Popular Press. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/9780879727826|<bdi>9780879727826</bdi>]].
* {{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Elizabeth |url=https://archive.org/details/colonialcitizens0008thom |title=Colonial Citizens: Republican Rights, Paternal Privilege, and Gender in French Syria and Lebanon |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2000 |isbn=9780231106603}}
** Entelis, John Pierre. (1974). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_bAfAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970]. BRILL.
** Lanfranchi, S. S. (2012). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Casting_off_the_Veil/_6SmDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Casting Off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist.] United Kingdom: I.B.Tauris.
** Pamela Marie Paxton, Melanie M. Hughes (2020). [https://books.google.com/books/about/Women_Politics_and_Power.html?id=u257ywEACAAJ "Women, politics and power: a global perspective"] Rowman & Littlefield. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources?isbn=9781538137512 ISBN 9781538137512]
** Thompson, Elizabeth (2000). https://archive.org/details/colonialcitizens0008thom Columbia University Press. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/9780231106603|<bdi>9780231106603</bdi>]].
** Zisser, Eyal. (1995). "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4283765 The Maronites, Lebanon and the State of Israel: Early Contacts]". JSTOR.


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Revision as of 06:55, 2 November 2023

Rose Shahfa in the 1930s

Rose Shahfa (1890–6 August 1955[citation needed]) was a Lebanese writer and women's rights activist.

Shahfa joined the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union in the 1920s as one of many women promoting the role of women in society.[1] After women's journals began to decline in the 1930s, Shahfa continued to work in women's journalism as a prominent writer for several journals.[2] This change limited her ability to write freely about women's topics to the same extent as previous women's writers. When writing for the fascist anti-Israeli journal al-Amal, which was a journal that served as a way to convey the paternalist Kataeb Party's ideals,[3][4] she described motherhood as a prominent role in the lives of women and a means through which women could increase their influence in society, by raising sons with correct morals and strong masculinity.[5][6] In November 1943, Shahfa was one of the leaders of protests against the Kataeb Party.[7]

Shahfa joined the International Alliance for Women's Suffrage (IAWS) in 1935.[8] On 11 December 1944, Shahfa led the Lebanese delegation to the first Arab Women's Conference.[9][10] At this conference, she argued strongly in favor of women's participation in politics, arguing "that the educated woman has more right to political privileges than the ignorant man who enjoys these rights".[9] Syrian women were first allowed universal suffrage in 1953.[11] In particular, she supported women's involvement in the peace process of World War II.[12] Shahfa lobbied Lebanese Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Karami to accept the resolutions proposed at the conference, convincing him to organize a committee to address the issue.[13]

References

  1. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 98.
  2. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 217.
  3. ^ Zisser, Eyal (1995). "The Maronites, Lebanon and the State of Israel: Early Contacts". Middle Eastern Studies. 31 (4): 889–918. ISSN 0026-3206.
  4. ^ Entelis, John Pierre (1974). Pluralism and Party Transformation in Lebanon: Al-Kataʼib, 1936-1970. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-03911-7.
  5. ^ Thompson 2000, pp. 217–218.
  6. ^ Filter, Dagmar; Reich, Jana; Fuchs, Eva (2016-11-15). Arabischer Frühling?: Alte und neue Geschlechterpolitiken in einer Region im Umbruch (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86226-852-8.
  7. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 256.
  8. ^ Lanfranchi, Sania Sharawi (2012-11-06). Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85773-777-9.
  9. ^ a b Thompson 2000, p. 273.
  10. ^ Badran 1996, p. 239.
  11. ^ Paxton. 2020-03-17. p. 44.
  12. ^ D'Itri 1999, p. 185.
  13. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 275.

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