Zhenskii vestnik (1904) should not be confused with Zhenskii vestnik (1866).
| Category: | Feminist magazine |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| Founder: | Mariia Ivanovna Pokrovskaia |
| Founded: | 1904 |
| Firstdate: | September 1904 |
| Lastdate: | 1917 |
| Based: | Saint Petersburg |
| Country: | Russian Empire |
| Language: | Russian |
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]
Zhenskii vestnik was established by the Russian feminist Mariia Ivanovna Pokrovskaia in 1904.[2] [3] The first issue appeared in September that year. 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.[4]
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] [5]