Koti ja Yhteiskunta

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Koti ja Yhteiskunta
Editor-in-chiefAlexandra Gripenberg
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherFinnish Women’s Association
FounderAlexandra Gripenberg
Founded1889
First issue14 April 1889
Final issue31 December 1911
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

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]

History and profile

Koti 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 opposed to women's having sex and children before marriage and denounced the working-class and rural women who were frequently practising these.[6] It also regarded female servants as a threat for family life and demanded that female servants should be tested for sexually transmitted diseases.[6] After producing a total 273 issues Koti ja Yhteiskunta ceased publication on 31 December 1911.[3]

References

  1. ^ Maija Anneli Töyry (2005). Varhaiset naistenlehdet ja naisten elämän ristiriidat: Neuvotteluja lukijasopimuksesta (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Helsinki. hdl:10138/13433.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Tiina Kinnunen (2016). "The National and International in Making a Feminist: the case of Alexandra Gripenberg". Women's History Review. 25 (4). doi:10.1080/09612025.2015.1114327.
  5. ^ 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: 4. doi:10.1080/09612025.2022.2100565.
  6. ^ 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.