Satenik Matinian-Arghutian (Armenian: Սաթենիկ Մատինեան-Արղութեան, 24 September 1874 – 12 December 1930), also known as Dzaghig or Miss Flower, was an Armenian teacher and revolutionary leader in the Armenian Revolutionary Movement.
Biography.
Matinian-Arghutian was born on 24 September 1874 in Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia. Matinian-Arghutian became involved in the Armenian revolutionary movement as a teenager. She worked as a teacher in Tiflis.
In the early 1890s, Matinian-Arghutian moved from the Caucasus to Tabriz and continued with both teaching and revolutionary work. She was an early member of organisations which later became the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and was the leader of the Tabriz Armenian Women's Benevolent Society. She was one of the more active revolutionaries and was well respected by other activists, encouraging local Armeninan men to allow their wives to join women's revolutionary organisations. Her sister Natalia Matinian was also involved in the revolutionary movement, undertaking secret assignments.
Matinian-Arghutian married fellow Armenian revolutionary Hovsep Arghutian, who became ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to Persia. She died on 12 December 1930 in Paris, France.