Sattareh Farman Farmaian
Sattareh Farman Farmaian (1921–2012) was a Persian noblewoman and pioneering social worker, born into the aristocratic Qajar dynasty.
Daughter of the influential statesman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma, she defied convention by pursuing higher education in the United States, earning degrees in social work from the University of Southern California.
She returned to Iran and founded the Tehran School of Social Work, transforming social welfare in her country.
Forced into exile following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, she settled in the United States.
Her autobiography, Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem through the Islamic Revolution (1992), was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
