ویل دورانت در کتاب تاریخ تمدن، جلد اول، بخش «آداب و رسوم و اخلاق ایرانیان»، بحث «زنان»:

“In the time of the Prophet the position of woman in Persia was high, as ancient manners went: she moved in public freely and unveiled; she owned and managed property, and could, like most modern women, direct the affairs of her husband in his name, or through his pen. After Darius her status declined, especially among the rich.”

“The poorer women retained their freedom of movement, because they had to work; but in other cases the seclusion always enforced in the menstrual periods was extended to the whole social life of woman, and laid the foundations of the Moslem institution of purdah. Upper-class women could not venture out except in curtained litters, and were not permitted to mingle publicly with men; married women were forbidden to see even their nearest male relatives, such as their fathers or brothers.”

“Women are never mentioned or represented in the public inscriptions and monuments of ancient Persia.”

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