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Aurora Mardiganian was the daughter of a prosperous Armenian family living in Chmshgatsak (Çemişgezek), in the Ottoman Empire's province of Mamuret-ül Aziz.She witnessed the deaths of her family members and was forced to march over 1,400 mi (2,300 km), during which she was kidnapped and sold into the slave markets of Anatolia.
Its most progressive elements seem to have never been applied in society at large, and in the 18th and 19th centuries both outsider and insider reports overwhelmingly commented on the low status of women in traditional Armenian society. [citation needed] Armenian families were traditionally patrilocal, labor in the house was divided based on ...
In 1939 the organization launched its official publication the ARS Quarterly, which later became Hye Sird, and officially changed its name to the Armenian Relief Society. The relatively stable and self-sufficient state of Armenian communities, achieved during the third decade of the ARS, was again shaken, this time by the outbreak of the Second ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Armenian This category exists only as a container for other categories of Armenian women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
The Hamazkayin ('All-National') Publishing and Cultural Society was founded on May 28, 1928, in Cairo, Egypt, by a group of nine Armenian intellectuals, including the writer and educator Levon Shant; historian, critic, and first minister of education of Armenia, Nigol Aghbalian; former prime minister of Armenia Hamo Ohanjanyan; stage director and art critic Kasbar Ipegian; as well as Garabed ...
Logo of the Near East Foundation. The Near East Foundation (NEF) had its genesis in a number of earlier organizations.As the scope of relief expanded from aid to Greek, Armenian and Assyrian victims of the Ottoman Empire to post-World War I relief in the region, the names and mission changed.
This is a list of notable Armenian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.Armenian Americans are people born or raised in the United States, or who reside there, with origins in the country known as Armenia, which ranges from the Caucasian mountain range to the Armenian plateau.
The World Armenian Congress was founded in October 2003 as a union for Armenian NGO's, and has since reached an international status. The WAC headquarters are located in Yerevan . A youth branch of the organization, known as the "WAC Association of Youth Organizations", was founded in 2006.