Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan ( , 1886-18 May 1940 ) was an Armenian pedagog , writer and humanitarian worker . She was one of the first three women elected to serve as a member of the parliament with the formation of the First Republic of Armenia in 1919 . After the fall of the republic , she briefly relocated to Bulgaria , before continuing her literary career in Paris . She received recognition for her short stories from the American anthologist , Edward J. O'Brien . She worked in the Nansen International Office for Refugees in Paris trying to assist Armenians who had been effected by the Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Perchuhi Partizpanyan-Barseghyan