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Parashqevi Qiriazi
Parashqevi Qiriazi | |
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 Parashqevi Qiriazi | |
| Born | 27 May 1886[1] |
| Died | 17 December 1970 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Tirana, Varrezat e Sharrës |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Other names | Paraskevi D. Kyrias, Parashqevi Qirias |
| Citizenship | Ottoman, Albanian |
| Education | Masters |
| Alma mater | American College for Girls at Constantinople (B.A.), Oberlin College (Masters) |
| Occupation(s) | educator, publisher |
| Notable work | Yll'i Mëngjezit (The Morning Star), Boston, 1917–1920 |
| Parent(s) | Dhimitër Qiriazi, Maria Qiriazi (Vodica) |
| Relatives | sister of Tashko Qiriazi, Kostandin Qiriazi, Theofania "Fanka" Qiriazi (Trajan), Gjerasim Qiriazi, Gjergj Qiriazi, Sevasti Qiriazi, Kristo Qiriazi, Naum Qiriazi, and Perikli "Pandi" Qiriazi[2][3] |
| Awards |  People's Teacher Honor of the NationOrder for Patriotic Activity |
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Parashqevi Qiriazi (Paraskevi D. Kyrias) (27 May 1886[4] – 17 December 1970) was an Albanian teacher of the Qiriazi family who dedicated her life to the Albanian alphabet and to the instruction of written Albanian language. She was a woman participant at the Congress of Manastir, which decided the form of the Albanian alphabet,[5] and the founder of the Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association.[6] Parashqevi was also a participant in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 as a member of the Albanian-American community.[7] She was the sister of Sevasti Qiriazi, who was the director of the first Albanian School for girls in Korça, opened in 1891.[8]
- ^ U.S. Department of Labor Naturalization Service, Declaration of Intention, 1918, p. 315, no. 88315 (signed by Paraskevi Kyrias 12 December 1918).
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2001). A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture. Library of Congress: New York University Press. pp. 97–212. ISBN 0-8147-2214-8. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ Sevasti Qiriazi-Dako. Jeta ime (Shkup: ITSHKSH, 2016), p. 327–330
- ^ U.S. Department of Labor Naturalization Service, Declaration of Intention, 1918, p. 315, no. 88315 (signed by Paraskevi Kyrias 12 December 1918).
- ^ "Parashqevi Qiriazi". www.kolonja.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011.
- ^ Prifti, Peter (1978). Socialist Albania since 1944: domestic and foreign developments, Volume 23. The MIT Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-262-16070-6. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ Toska, Teuta. Parashqevi Qiriazi dhe viti i saj 1919. Tirana: ISSHP, 2020, ISBN 978-9928-4519-7-2
- ^ Young, Antonia; Hodgson, John; Bland William B.; Young Nigel (1997). Albania. National Library of Australia: Clio Press. p. 48. ISBN 1-85109-260-9. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
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