Muslim women successfully used the veil as a social institution and point of leverage over men in the Tobacco Movement during the late nineteenth century in Iran.

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During the Tobacco Movement in late nineteenth-century Iran, Muslim women used the veil both as a symbol of resistance against colonial and governmental oppression and as a means to participate actively in the public sphere, thereby leveraging their social position and influencing the movement's outcomes.

Muslim Women Successfully Used the Veil as a Social Institution