A doctoral dissertation at the College of Education for the Humanities examined "Women's Activism in the Iraqi Communist Party 1934-1979." The dissertation, presented by student Raja Karim Jihad Al-Saadi, examined the role of women in the Iraqi Communist Party's organizations from its founding in 1934 until the collapse of its organizations within Iraq following the Ba'ath Party's rise to power in 1979. This role, no less important than that of men in public life, was clearly evident through women's activities in political party organizations, most notably the Iraqi Communist Party. The thesis covers the general conditions of Iraqi women during the late Ottoman period and the beginning of the British occupation until the establishment of the Iraqi Kingdom, women's activism in communist organizations and the national movement (1934-1949), the Iraqi Communist Party's position on women (1934-1941), the political, social, and cultural activities of communist women (1934-1949), the establishment of the Iraqi Women's Rights Defense League and communist women's activism within it (1950-1958), and their positions on internal and external political events (1952-1958)
