Iran: Tadj ol-Molouk (1896 - 1982), Queen of Iran and married to Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878 - 1944), the Shah of Iran, c. 1930s.
. Tadj ol-Molouk (born Nimtaj Ayromlou, 1896-1982) was Queen of Iran and wife of Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878 - 1944), the Shah of Iran. She was the first Queen of Iran to play a notable public role, performing an official position out in public society. She was instrumental in the abolition of the veil in Iran, and she often wore Western clothes to ceremonies and events, the first time an Iranian queen had ever shown herself in public.
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