In this month’s empowerment series, we are proud to introduce you to one of the most important female figures of her generation—gifted novelist and feminist Zabel Yessayan. Yessayan was a writer with a brilliant mind […]
In this installment of the women’s empowerment series, we introduce three phenomenal Armenian women who, through their strong work ethic and intelligence, changed the world of science and left their indelible mark on history, contributing […]
It is with the heaviest of hearts and minds that we have taken a pause from our regular series to honor the heroic men and women in Artsakh and Armenia who have paid the ultimate […]
Editor’s Note: The Armenian Weekly apologizes for an incorrect image that originally accompanied Srpouhi Vahanian Dussap’s biography. The unfortunate error was brought to our attention on September 5, 2020 and was immediately corrected by Weekly […]
In this week’s empowerment series, we learn about three Armenian women who dedicated their lives to science in the 1900s. Paris Pishmish, Alenoush Terian and Anna Kazanjian Longobardo were scientists at a time when being […]
This week in our empowerment series we meet three phenomenal women – U.S. Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18), U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA-14), and Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Sara Gideon. Together they […]
In this empowerment series article, we meet Jeanne Parseghian, a French politician and member of the European Ecologie Les Verts (France’s Green Party). Parseghian was recently elected as mayor of Strasbourg, France. Born in Suresnes, […]
The ANCA Eastern Region’s Empowerment series continues with a lesson about the female fedayees who were instrumental in securing the future of the First Republic of Armenia. The term fedayee, derived from the Arabic word […]
In honor of Mother’s Day, the Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) compiled this list of 36 Armenian women who inspire and empower us in our daily lives – in Hai Tahd, at […]
It was before a sold-out audience back in November 2019 when Lillian Avedian proclaimed her lifelong commitment to living out her Armenian feminist ideals. “I have found my voice,” she asserted during her reading of […]
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