From Darkness into Light, an English translation of a two-volume work written in Persian by Badr ol-Moluk Bamdad, provides an overview of the status of women in Iran between the Constitutional Revolution (1905-11) and the White Revolution (1963). Published before the advent of the Islamic Republic, this book offers invaluable insights into the process of modernization that enabled Iranian women to receive a public education and to advocate for greater recognition before the law. Bamdad’s first-hand experience of women’s seclusion and their entrée into public life makes her a passionate advocate of women’s rights and an enthusiastic supporter of the reforms instituted by the Pahlavi monarchy (1925-1979). Her unconditional endorsement of measures introduced by Reza and Mohammad Reza Shah, do not acknowledge any dissent and gloss over difficult chapters of Iran’s experience of Westernization. From today’s vantage point we can see what Bamdad refused to acknowledge. She was a defender of a rapid pace of social, legal, and cultural reforms and she saw a nation united under the banner of modernity and progress. Her work is an important document that belongs in the archives of modern Iranian cultural history.