Parashqevi Qiriazi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Parashqevi Qiriazi

Albanian linguist

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1880

Place of Birth: Bitola, Bitola Municipality, North Macedonia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1970

Profession: suffragette, linguist

Nationality: Albania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Parashqevi Qiriazi, also known as Paraskevi D.
Kyrias (2 June 1880 – 17 December 1970) was an Albanian teacher who dedicated her life to the Albanian alphabet and to the instruction of written Albanian language.
She was a woman participant at the Congress of Manastir, which decided the form of the Albanian alphabet, and the founder of the Yll' i Mengjesit, a women's association.
Parashqevi was also a participant in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 as a member of the Albanian-American community.
She was the sister of Sevasti Qiriazi, who was the director of the Mësonjëtorja, the first Albanian School for girls to open in 1891.