Zhenskii vestnik (1904)

Not to be confused with Zhenskii vestnik (1866).

Zhenskii vestnik
CategoriesFeminist magazine
FrequencyMonthly
FounderMariia Ivanovna Pokrovskaia
Founded1904
First issueSeptember 1904
Final issue1917
CountryRussian Empire
Based inSaint Petersburg
LanguageRussian

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]

History and profile

Zhenskii 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Hilary Chapman (2003). "Book review". New Zealand Slavonic Journal: 310. JSTOR 40922164.