Satenik Matinian-Arghutian
Satenik Matinian-Arghutian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 September 1874 Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia |
| Died | 12 December 1930 (aged 56) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | teacher and revolutionary leader in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement |
| Organization | Tabriz Armenian Women's Benevolent Society |
| Spouse | Hovsep Arghutian |
Satenik Matinian-Arghutian (Armenian: Սաթենիկ Մատինեան-Արղութեան, 24 September 1874 – 12 December 1930), also known as Dzaghig or Miss Flower, was an Armenian teacher and revolutionary leader in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement.
Biography
[edit]Matinian-Arghutian was born on 24 September 1874 in Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia.[citation needed] Matinian-Arghutian became involved in the Armenian revolutionary movement as a teenager.[1] She worked as a teacher in Tiflis.[2]
In the early 1890s, Matinian-Arghutian moved from the Caucasus to Tabriz and continued with both teaching and revolutionary work.[2] She was an early member of organisations which later became the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF)[3] and was the leader of the Tabriz Armenian Women's Benevolent Society.[4][5] She was one of the more active revolutionaries and was well respected by other activists,[6] encouraging local Armeninan men to allow their wives to join women's revolutionary organisations.[7] Her sister Natalia Matinian was also involved in the revolutionary movement, undertaking secret assignments.[1]
Matinian-Arghutian married fellow Armenian revolutionary Hovsep Arghutian, who became ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to Persia.[7] She died on 12 December 1930 in Paris, France.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Avetisyan, Vigen (9 December 2022). "Rifles, Bombings and Prisons: Women's Work of Revolutionary Armenia (Part I)". Art-A-Tsolum. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ a b Keddie, Nikki R. (2000). Iran and Beyond: Essays in Middle Eastern History in Honor of Nikki R. Keddie. Mazda Publishers. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-56859-099-8.
- ^ Meneshian, Murad (5 February 2016). "The Founding of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Berberian, Houri (1 January 2022). "The Dashnaktsutiun and the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1905–1911". Iranian Studies. 29 (1–2): 7–33. doi:10.1080/00210869608701840. ISSN 0021-0862. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Nalbandian, Louise (1967). The Armenian Revolutionary Movement. University of California Press. p. 213.
- ^ Berberian, Houri (19 February 2018). Armenians And The Iranian Constitutional Revolution Of 1905-1911: The Love For Freedom Has No Fatherland. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-98184-5.
- ^ a b Berberian, Houri; Grigor, Talinn (4 March 2025). The Armenian Woman, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity, 1860–1979. Stanford University Press. pp. 180–183. ISBN 978-1-5036-4194-5.