In the 1870s a number of highly educated Russian women supported a populist revolutionary movement and established a new tradition of women’s active participation in politics, organizing study circles in all four corners of Russia. www.newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/rahim-nasar/pashtun-tahaffuz-movement--pashtun-history-is-vivid-when-it-comes-to-women%E2%80%99s-role-in-resistance-against-colonial-forces/d/117552