Koti ja Yhteiskunta (Finnish: Home and Society) was a monthly women's magazine which was published in Helsinki in the period 1889–1911.[1] It was the official media outlet of the Finnish Women’s Association.[2]
| Editor-in-chief | Alexandra Gripenberg |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Finnish Women’s Association |
| Founder | Alexandra Gripenberg |
| Founded | 1889 |
| First issue | 14 April 1889 |
| Final issue | 31 December 1911 |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
History and profile
editKoti ja Yhteiskunta was first published on 14 April 1889.[3] The founder was Alexandra Gripenberg who also edited the magazine which covered both political writings and domestic articles.[3] She was the sole editor-in-chief of the magazine until 1911 and published various articles.[4] Her writings mostly covered the achievements of women in different countries.[5]
Koti ja Yhteiskunta was published by the Finnish Women’s Association on a monthly basis.[3] The magazine supported the education of women in the 1890s.[6] There was a section of the magazine entitled National News in which it reported statistics on female university graduates.[6] Koti ja Yhteiskunta opposed to women's having sex and children before marriage and denounced the working-class and rural women who were frequently practising these.[7] The magazine also regarded female servants as a threat for family life and demanded that female servants should be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.[7]
After producing a total of 273 issues Koti ja Yhteiskunta ceased publication on 31 December 1911.[3]
References
edit- ^ Maija Anneli Töyry (2005). Varhaiset naistenlehdet ja naisten elämän ristiriidat: Neuvotteluja lukijasopimuksesta (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/13433.
- ^ Pasi Saarimäki (2018). "Bourgeois Women and The Question of Divorce in Finland in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries". Scandinavian Journal of History. 43 (1): 66. doi:10.1080/03468755.2017.1353192.
- ^ a b c d Maija Töyry (2016). "Gender Contract and Localization in Early Women's Magazines in Finland Since 1782". Media History. 22 (1): 17–18. doi:10.1080/13688804.2015.1078229. S2CID 146215025.
- ^ Tiina Kinnunen (2016). "The National and International in Making a Feminist: the case of Alexandra Gripenberg". Women's History Review. 25 (4): 652–670. doi:10.1080/09612025.2015.1114327. S2CID 148037498.
- ^ Johanna Annola; Pirjo Markkola (2022). "Baroness Alexandra Gripenberg and the International Council of Women: the Finnish feminist's international success and national adversity, 1888–1911". Women's History Review. 32 (2): 4. doi:10.1080/09612025.2022.2100565.
- ^ a b Marjo Nieminen (2023). "Discussions on academic women and women scholars in two magazines of the Finnish women's movement, 1890–1939". Paedagogica Historica: 7–8. doi:10.1080/00309230.2023.2223524.
- ^ a b Anna Elomäki (2009). "Rethinking Political Action and Enforcing Sexual Morality: Finnish Women's Struggle for Suffrage as Conceptual Politics". Redescriptions. Yearbook of Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory. 13 (1): 161. doi:10.7227/R.13.1.8.