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Naisten Ääni

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Naisten Ääni
Editor-in-chiefMaikki Friberg
Categories
Founded1905
Final issue1949
CountryFinland
Based inHelsinki
LanguageFinnish

Naisten Ääni (Finnish: Women's Voice) was a feminist magazine which was published between 1905 and 1949 in Helsinki, Finland. It was started by the Naisasialiitto Unioni (Finnish: Feminist Association Union) and became affiliated with the Suomalainen naisliitto from 1907.

History and profile

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Naisten Ääni was established by the Naisasialiitto Unioni in 1905.[1] The magazine ended its connection with the Naisasialiitto Unioni in 1907 and became an official organ of the Suomalainen naisliitto.[2][3] The latter had members from Swedish- and Finnish-speaking groups in Finland.[3]

Maikki Friberg was instrumental in the foundation of Naisten Ääni and served as its editor-in-chief until her death in 1927.[1][4] The magazine attempted to enlighten women about various topics such as women's right to vote.[4] It mostly featured political articles on women's education, their employment and emancipation and the mini-biographies of women and obituaries.[1][2] Some of the articles were written by women.[5] The magazine sold 10,000 copies in 1917.[1]

Naisten Ääni folded in 1949.[6] Its issues were archived by the National Library of Finland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Marjo Nieminen (2023). "Discussions on academic women and women scholars in two magazines of the Finnish women's movement, 1890–1939". Paedagogica Historica: 4. doi:10.1080/00309230.2023.2223524.
  2. ^ a b "Naisten Ääni-hanke". Naisten Ääni hanke (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Merle Weßel (2018). An Unholy Union?: Eugenic Feminism in the Nordic Countries, ca. 1890-1940 (PhD thesis). University of Helsinki. p. 41. hdl:10138/233107.
  4. ^ a b Emmi Suomivirta (2018). "Ellei tässä tehdä jotakin meidän naistemme kokoomiseksi, niin hukka meidät perii." Naisten Ääni- lehti vuosina 1905-1920 (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Turku.
  5. ^ Viola Parente-Čapková; Päivi Lappalainen (2017). "Transnational Reception: Nordic Women Writers in Fin de Siècle Finland". NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research. 25 (4): 269. doi:10.1080/08038740.2017.1365767. S2CID 158706853.
  6. ^ 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.