Fawzia Fuad, Egyptian Princess
Born into the Egyptian royal family, Fawzia was the daughter of Sultan Fuad I of Egypt and Sudan. She had an arranged marriage to the Crown Prince of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was considered a political move because she was a Sunni royal and he was a Shia royal. When he became the Shah of Iran, she became the Queen in 1941. She enacted the Association for the Protection of Pregnant Women and Children in Iran.
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