Women’s Education And Social Activism In The Views Of Turkestan Jadid Intellectuals
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https://doi.org/10.57033/mijournals-2026-4-0267Keywords:
Turkestan, Jadids, women’s education, social activism, girls’ schooling, new-method school, Jadid press, family upbringing, national progressAbstract
The study examines women’s education and social activism in the Accepted: 28-05-2026 views of Turkestan Jadid intellectuals at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth Published:09-06-2026 centuries. The problem is analysed through the development of new-method schools, the Jadid press, discussions on female literacy, family upbringing, moral renewal and national progress. The article shows that the Jadids viewed women’s education as a formative condition for social modernization, the strengthening Copyright: © 2026 by the authors. of the family educational environment and the emergence of an active cultural Submitted for open access publication subject within Turkestan society. The views of Ismail Gasprinsky, Mahmudkhoja under the terms and conditions of the Behbudi, Abdurauf Fitrat, Abdulla Avloni, Munavvarqori Abdurashidkhanov, Creative Commons Attribution Hamza, Cholpon and Abdulla Qodiriy are considered in connection with the (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ broader enlightenment programme of the Jadid movement. by/4.0/)References
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