In “ Reflections of Older Iranian Woman,” researchers McConatha, Jasmin Tahmaseb, Paul Stoller, and Fereshte Obouduat report, that there are three different types of Older Iranian Women, that insist of withdrawn, insular and assimilative. Nineteen women were interview, about there adaptation in the U.S. Most of the Women grew up in Iran and moved to America when they were much older. There were two different stages, in which Iranian Immigrants came to America. The first wave was mainly students. The second wave was in 1970 during the Iran revolution. As a result, they had to learn to adapt to the new environment. The withdrawn women were dissatisfied with their lives. They did not wish to engage with other people unless it was their family.
