Prasa Królestwa Polskiego przełomu XIX i XX wieku jako źródło badań nad historią ruchu emancypacji kobiet

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the problem of press analysis in the research on the history of women. Women’s press was a new phenomenon in the 19th century. The appearance of magazines for women was a response for increasing level of their education and literary interests. Women often read press because there can be found fragments of new novels, fresh trends in fashion, dietetary and practical advices concerning housing. A development of women’s press in the second half of 19th century was strongly influenced by feminist movement. In addition to practical journals, there appeared modern social magazines aimed at dissemination of a feminist ideology and a new approach to women’s problem. In the paper a new methods of investigation of women’s press and the obtained results are examined.