Die Frau (Austrian magazine)

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Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung: Social democratic organ for women and girls

description Austrian party magazine
for women
language German
publishing company (until 1910) cooperative printing company

(from 1910) Vorwärts-Verlag

First edition January 1, 1892
attitude March 1, 1924
Frequency of publication (until 1921) fortnightly

(from 1921) monthly

Range (1924) 0.14 million readers
Editor-in-chief (until 1893) LA Bretschneider

(from 1893) Adelheid Dworaks and
(from 1919) Eugenie Brandl

editor (until 1893) Rudolf Pokorny, Viktor Adler

(from 1893) Viktoria Kofler
(from 1894) Maria Krasa
(from 1900) Anna Boschekab
(from 1919) Adelheid Popp

Article archive 1892-1902, 1910-1919
The woman: Social Democratic monthly
(from 1924)

The woman: Social-democratic monthly for politics, economics, women's issues, literature
(from 1929)
The woman united with the dissatisfied
(from 1946)
Neue Frau
(from 1984)

description Austrian party magazine for women
language German
publishing company Forward publishing house
First edition March 1, 1924
attitude April 28, 1987
Frequency of publication (until 1946) monthly

(from 1946) weekly

Widespread edition (1930) 226,500 copies
Range (1987) 0.1 million readers
Editor-in-chief 1945–1961 Marianne Pollak

1961–1967 Bettina Hirsch 1967–1979 Anneliese Albrecht 1985–1987 Doris Stoisser

editor Party-owned socialist publishing house
executive Director 1974–1984 Susanne Feigl
Article archive 1920-1943

Die Frau was the title of an Austrian women's magazine that appeared between 1892 and 1987. The magazine, which was founded as a monthly magazine, was called Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung until 1924 and was then renamed Die Frau . From 1945 onwards, Die Frau was published as a weekly magazine and between 1984 and 1987 was entitled Neue Frau .

history

Workers' newspaper

The Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung was founded after the female delegates at the party congress of the Social Democratic Labor Party in 1891 had submitted an application to found their own women's newspaper. The application was subsequently assigned to the party leadership and on October 2, 1891, an appeal appeared in the Arbeiter-Zeitung . In addition to the editorial committee, which consisted of the signatories of the appeal, there was an organizing committee, to which party members from most of Vienna's municipal districts belonged. The editorial committee initially held a monthly meeting in the editorial office of the Arbeiter-Zeitung until the first issue of the Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung appeared on January 1, 1892. The edition was edited by the editors of the Arbeiter-Zeitung, only the introductory article was written by a woman, Adelheid Dworak (later Popp). Over time, more and more Workers' Party women contributed to the newspaper's content, mostly writing about their professional experiences. There were also contributions from abroad, including from Luise Kautsky-Freiberger (Friedrich Engels's secretary), Eleanor Marx-Aveling , Laura Lafargue and Frieda Bebel, the daughter of August Bebel . Since the character of the newspaper seemed too "masculine" to women, at the 1892 party congress they called for the establishment of an independent female editorial office. The request was granted and the management of the scriptures was transferred to Adelheid Dworak. She worked in Amerlingstrasse, where she also met her future husband Julius Popp . From January 1893 Viktoria Kofler took over the publication of the newspaper and from 1893 the newspaper appeared independently and no longer as a supplement to the Arbeiter-Zeitung.

Women were not eligible to vote in Austria until 1918, but they were still heavily involved in politics. Social-democratic women's policy inevitably came into sharp contrast with the government policy of the time; the Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung was confiscated several times. The circulation of the newspaper remained small for the time being, as many women were afraid of declaring themselves as social democrats. After the "Free Political Women's Organization" was founded in 1908, an association of social democratic women and workers' associations, the number of copies increased steadily. The Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung had 30,000 readers in 1914, but this number increased to 110,000 by 1919 and to 140,000 by 1924, during the time of the Red Vienna .

The Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung appeared with the addition of a social democratic organ for women and girls and was initially published twice a month in the 2 ° format and monthly from 1921 onwards. The owners were Adelheid Dworzak (only in the first edition), M. Grubinger and Viktoria Kofler, from December 1, 1893 Maria Krasa and between May 1894 and January 1900 Emil Pelikan. After that, the owner information ended until the Social Democratic Workers' Party of German Austria appeared as the owner from November 7, 1922 . The newspaper's editors were initially Rudolf Pokorny and Viktor Adler, from January 6th 1893 Viktoria Kofler, from May 4th 1894 Maria Krasa and from January 25th 1900 Anna Boschek. After the First World War, Adelheid Popp appeared on November 18, 1919. The editor was initially LA Bretschneider and from February 17, 1893 Adelheid Dworak and from November 18, 1919 Eugenie Brandl. The Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung was printed in the cooperative book printing company, and from 1910 in the Vorwärts-Verlag .

The wife and new wife

On March 1, 1924, the Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung was renamed Die Frau . This step was justified with the fact that not only women workers but also other professional groups were active in the social democracy. The supplement "Free Hours" was put into circulation with the magazine, which addressed questions of "mental, physical and living culture". In 1930 the magazine had a circulation of 226,500, two thirds of which were distributed in Vienna.

The magazine appeared monthly and was initially published in the 4 ° format and from 1929 in the 8 ° format. In the magazine's imprint, the Social Democratic Labor Party appeared as the owner and publisher, the editor was Adelheid Popp and the editor in charge Eugenie Brandl. The newspaper was still printed by Vorwärts-Verlag. The addition to the magazine was initially the Social Democratic Monthly , from 1929 the addition was renamed the Social Democratic Monthly for Politics, Economics, Women's Issues, and Literature .

In the early 1930s, Käthe Leichter also wrote for Die Frau .

After the Social Democratic Party was banned in 1934, the magazine was no longer published between March 1934 and October 1945.

After the re-establishment of the magazine under the leading party members Ferdinanda Flossmann and Helene Potetz, “Die Frau” was united with the magazine Die Unzufriedene in 1946 and was published that year with the title “The woman united with Die Unsatisfiedene”. Subsequently, until 1951, a rubric was carried out under the title “The Dissatisfied”. The social democratic women's organization acted as the owner of the magazine, the publisher was the party's own socialist publishing house. The magazine was distributed through postal subscriptions, tobacco shops and, above all, through party portages, with the women's organizations in the individual federal states receiving a share of the sales price for the colportage.

The magazine appeared as a weekly magazine and was renamed Neue Frau on March 6, 1984 , while printing was switched to four-color offset printing at the same time. With the adaptation of the magazine to a women's magazine, the downward trend in circulation could be stopped, but the increase in circulation was less than expected, as the advertising campaign was terminated prematurely in the spring of 1984. Due to the losses, the magazine was sold to Vorwärts-Verlag in 1986 for the symbolic value of one shilling . However, the publisher discontinued the magazine in 1987, with the magazine having reached 100,000 readers at last. The last issue of the magazine appeared on April 28, 1987.

literature

  • Helmut W. Lang (Ed.): Austrian Retrospective Bibliography (ORBI). Row 2: Austrian Newspapers 1492–1945. Volume 2: Helmut W. Lang, Ladislaus Lang, Wilma Buchinger: Bibliography of the Austrian newspapers 1621–1945. AT THE. Edited at the Austrian National Library. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23384-1 , p. 260
  • Helmut W. Lang (Ed.): Austrian Retrospective Bibliography (ORBI). Row 2: Austrian Newspapers 1492–1945. Volume 3: Helmut W. Lang, Ladislaus Lang, Wilma Buchinger: Bibliography of Austrian newspapers 1621–1945. N-Z. Edited at the Austrian National Library. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23385-X , p. 33 ( Neue Frau ), pp. 333–334 ( The dissatisfied ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Against the murderous unemployment of women! :  Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung / Die Frau , born in 1930, p. 44 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fra
  2. ↑ Women fear no exception law! :  Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung / Die Frau , born in 1930, p. 100 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fra
  3. ↑ About the existence of unemployed women. :  Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung / Die Frau , born in 1930, p. 139 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / fra

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