Zhenskii vestnik (1904)

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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.

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]

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