Women of Truckee Making History
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Women of Truckee Making History is a book that celebrates local women for their contributions to the community of Truckee, California
. It was compiled, designed and edited by two Truckee women, Parvin Darabi
and Lydia Sparksworthy.
The book is being published by the Dr. Homa Darabi
Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to human rights issues mostly related to women.
The criteria for selecting the 30 women required applicants to live or work full-time in Truckee, and “to be actively involved in voluntarism which required dedication above and beyond normal eight-to-five, 40-hours-a week paid employment.”
Truckee, California
Truckee is an incorporated town in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 16,180 at the 2010 census, up from 13,864 at the 2000 census.-Name:...
. It was compiled, designed and edited by two Truckee women, Parvin Darabi
Parvin Darabi
Dr. Parvin Darabi Tehran is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights.-Background:...
and Lydia Sparksworthy.
The book is being published by the Dr. Homa Darabi
Homa Darabi
Homa Darabi was a pediatrician from Iran licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California. She returned to Iran in 1976 to serve as a psychiatrist. After the Islamic Revolution, Islamic authorities shut down her office because she had refused to wear the chador...
Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to human rights issues mostly related to women.
The criteria for selecting the 30 women required applicants to live or work full-time in Truckee, and “to be actively involved in voluntarism which required dedication above and beyond normal eight-to-five, 40-hours-a week paid employment.”