suitor did not respond to a headstrong woman's craving for greater tasks outside the limited framework of stifling marital life. Her [Mariam Firuz's] first bold step was to establish a literary salon, attended by some of the most talented Iranian minds of the time-- poets, litterateurs, erudite scholars-- at least two of whom were infatuated with her combination of beauty, personality and high intellect.
from Payvand News: Persian, Pasionaria and Princess: In Memory of Mariam Firuz (1913-2008)
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