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6 unusual facts about Iran Bethel School


Damavand College

Sage College, Alborz College, and Iran Bethel School which was established in 1874 were institutions founded under the auspices of this mission.

Iran Bethel School

A landmark year was 1921 which brought a unique young American missionary, Jane Doolittle, whose commitment and dedication to Iran would guide the school through the better part of half century.

Without the Iran Bethel school and the efforts of Jane Doolittle and Frances M. Gray, Damavand College could have never been established and the improvement of the early deprived Iranian women of Qajar and later Pahlavi dynasty could have never been achieved.

Parvin E'tesami, the well known Iranian poet was graduated from this School.

Jane Doolittle

Jane Doolittle (1900-?) was the principal of Iran Bethel School; an American Presbyterian missionary school for Girls in Tehran from 1925 to 1968.

Jane Doolittle served for many years as the principal of Iran Bethel School for Girls which was the immediate forerunner of Damavand College.



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Joyce Ballou Gregorian

She then taught English for one year at the Iran Bethel School in Tehran.