Zhenskii vestnik (Russian: Women's Herald) was a Russian language monthly feminist magazine which was published in Saint Petersburg in the period 1904–1917. Its subtitle was Soiuz zhenshchin, Jus suffragii.[1] The magazine billed itself as monthly social scientific and literary journal on equality and advancement of women.[1]
| Categories | Feminist magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder | Mariia Ivanovna Pokrovskaia |
| Founded | 1904 |
| First issue | September 1904 |
| Final issue | 1917 |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Based in | Saint Petersburg |
| Language | Russian |
History and profile
editZhenskii vestnik was established by the Russian feminist Mariia Ivanovna Pokrovskaia in 1904.[2][3] The first issue appeared in September that year.[4] It was published on a monthly basis.[1] Until 1907 the magazine of which both editor and publisher was Pokrovskaia acted as the official organ of the Union of Women.[1][3] In each issue of the magazine the recurring topics included: women must have less expectations from men; in the struggle for their emancipation women should not rely on man and women pursue their interests independent of any political movement led by men.[3] Pokrovskaia also express her belief in women’s natural superiority to men[3] and her opposition to the views of Leo Tolstoy on the 1905 revolution in her articles.[5]
Some of the major contributors were Ariadna Tyrkova, Liubov Gurevich, Mariia Chekhova, Anna Miliukova[3] and Anna Kalmanovich.[1] The magazine folded in 1917 shortly after the Bolshevik revolution.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Irina Iukina (2020). "Russian Suffragists and International Suffragist Organisations: Solidarity, Discipleship, Victory". Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics. 4 (2): 25. doi:10.20897/femenc/8513.
- ^ Elizabeth A. Wood (2009). "The Woman Question in Russia: Contradictions and Ambivalence". In Abbott Gleason (ed.). A Companion to Russian History (1st ed.). Oxford: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 353–367. doi:10.1002/9781444308419.ch21. ISBN 9781405135603.
- ^ a b c d e Linda Edmondson (2001). "Mariia Pokrovskaia and Zhenskii vestnik: Feminist Separatism in Theory and Practice". In Barbara T. Norton; Jehanne M Gheith (eds.). An Improper Profession. Women, Gender and Journalism. Durham, NC; London: Duke University Press. p. 196,201-202,210,216. doi:10.1515/9780822380627-012. ISBN 9780822380627. S2CID 241052933.
- ^ a b Rochelle Ruthchild (2020). "Writing for Their Rights: Four Feminist Journalists: Mariia Chekhova, Liubov' Gurevich, Mariia Pokrovskaia, and Ariadna Tyrkova". In Barbara T. Norton; Jehanne M. Gheith (eds.). An Improper Profession: Women, Gender, and Journalism in Late Imperial Russia. New York: Duke University Press. pp. 174, 176. doi:10.1515/9780822380627-011. ISBN 978-0-8223-2585-7.
- ^ Hilary Chapman (2003). "Book review". New Zealand Slavonic Journal: 310. JSTOR 40922164.