Frankfurter Frauenblatt

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Frankfurter Frauenblatt

description feminist magazine
language German
Headquarters Frankfurt am Main
First edition 1978
attitude 1992
Frequency of publication initially monthly, from 1988 bi-monthly

The Frankfurter Frauenblatt was a feminist magazine that appeared in Frankfurt am Main from 1978 to 1992 . It was published by actors of the new women's movement in a collective and in 1991 was awarded the Elisabeth Selbert Prize of the State of Hesse.

Foundation and development

Door sign from Frankfurter Frauenblatt, photographed in the study of Ursula Hillmann, one of the paper's founders and editors.

In the project culture of the new women's movement , a large number of national and regional feminist magazines emerged in the 1970s, including the Frankfurter Frauenblatt. The publisher was the Frankfurter Frauenblatt collective . The editorial group defined the paper as an alternative form of a city newspaper, in contrast to hierarchically structured and predominantly male media, made by women for women in a grassroots and non-profit-oriented manner. The Frauenblatt positioned itself as an alternative to other political-feminist magazines, such as Emma , which appeared nationwide for the first time in 1977 , but also against the city magazine Pflasterstrand, which is popular in Frankfurt's contemporary left-wing alternative scene . The main point of criticism was their commercial market orientation and hierarchical organization, which was seen as a “relapse into old patriarchal forms”.

The media forerunner was the hectographed information sheet “Do you know women?” (1976–1978), published by actors from the Frankfurt women's center at Eckenheimer Landstrasse, a media group, the women's café in Niedenau and the lesbian center. The Frankfurter Frauenblatt , developed by this group of people, was published monthly to bimonthly from 1978 to 1992 in A4 format, stapled with up to 48 pages and a circulation of 1,500 copies.

During its publication period, the Frauenblatt was the only feminist magazine in the Rhine-Main area .

After the zero issue in July 1978, the first regular issue appeared in the following September. All of the following editions had a main topic and included a calendar of dates and events for the region.

Positions and contents of the Frauenblatt

The Frauenblatt saw itself as a "mouthpiece" for women's groups, feminist projects and institutions and as a communication forum for theoretical discussions with current political references. Topics such as women's professional work and vocational training, housework and family work, which were previously controversial in public, as well as the opportunities for women to do political work internationally were discussed .

In 1991 the Frauenblatt conducted an interview with the Egyptian writer and human rights activist Nawal El Saadawi on the situation during the Gulf War (May / June issue). Articles on feminist projects and activities of women in Iran, Kurdistan and other non-European countries appeared regularly. In addition, the Frauenblatt reported regularly on the situation of migrant women in Germany (e.g. special issue No. 2 March / April 1992).

The Frauenblatt published articles on regional and local women-specific events and events, such as the opening of the Feminist Women's Health Center 1979 (February 1979 edition), the exhibition Women’s Everyday Life and Women's Movement 1890–1980 in the Historical Museum Frankfurt am Main (April 1981 edition) or the Frankfurt Women's School (1991 No. 4 July / August).

Continuous main topics were the development of the women's centers and the new women's movement in the city and nationwide (e.g. Issue Dec. 81 / Jan. 82), socio-political processes such as the founding of the GRÜNEN , the disputes over the Frankfurt airport expansion, Runway West in 1980/81 or the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster .

The Frauenblatt journalistically accompanied the development of women's politics in Hesse, including the Hessian action program for women initiated by the red-green coalition in the Hessian state parliament , the work of the first female head of department Margarethe Nimsch and the women's department of the city of Frankfurt am Main established in 1989 .

In 1991, the interview conducted by the editors of the Frauenblatt with the SPD politician and then Hessian Minister of State for Women, Labor and Social Affairs Heide Pfarr on her positions in women's politics triggered a public debate. Pfarr was criticized for her statements against a livelihood for housewives and family work, asked by the CDU parliamentary group in the Hessian state parliament to resign.

Further topics in the Frauenblatt included experience reports on social role models, relationships, sexuality, health and § 218 , on women's utopias, mystical and spiritual directions in the women's movement, women and sport, violence against women, criticism of technology, women under fascism and feminist work with girls.

Working structures and sales

The first location of the Frauenblatt in the former rooms of the women's café at Neuhofstrasse 39
From 1985 to 1991 the editorial offices of the Frankfurter Frauenblatt were in the premises of the Frankfurter Frauenschule, Hamburger Allee 45
From 1991 the editors of the Frauenblatt met in the Frauenkulturhaus, Am Industriehof 7–9

The collective, consisting of 10 to 12 women, worked on an equal footing, wrote articles, designed and produced the magazines in varying degrees of responsibility under press law, sometimes with external authors and photographers. The actors, including, according to their own account, working women, students, mothers and lesbians between the ages of 20 and 50, usually worked part-time and without pay.

The sheet was sold at a price of 2 DM (1978) to 5 DM (1992) by subscription, from sales outlets such as women's centers, women's bookshops , bookstores, pubs and event locations in the Rhine-Main area as well as over the counter. The production costs were financed from these fluctuating revenues.

In 1984 the editorial collective founded the WEIBH e. V. (Association for the Promotion of Female Knowledge in the State of Hesse). The continuously occurring financing gaps could be secured through public grants through this support association. The question of state-independent financing of labor and operating costs was a generally discussed and controversial field for many autonomous projects in the new women's movement. In her article Fundraising, Sponsoring, Donation Marketing. About new ways out of the dependence on state dough? asked Marita Haibach possible alternatives (FFB no. 4, 1992).

After a public discussion event on the question “Which women's newspaper does Frankfurt need?”, The editorial and organizational work was professionalized in 1988, including the establishment of a permanent ABM office , which WEIBH e. V. and the Frauenblatt shared. In addition, the publication frequency of the magazine was changed to six issues per year.

In 1989, the editorial team took part in a feminist-alternative newspaper initiative that, in cooperation with other local editorial offices, wanted to bring a national women's magazine onto the market as an alternative to the nationally distributed EMMA.

The editorial office was located at the Frauencafé Neuhofstrasse 39, from 1985 the Frankfurter Frauenschule, Hamburger Allee 45, and from 1991 the Frauenkulturhaus, Am Industriehof 7–9.

Award

The journalistic commitment of the association and its contribution to the promotion of women's activities, women's research and female lifestyles were recognized in 1991 with the award of the Elisabeth Selbert Prize. Gabi Lambert accepted the award on behalf of the editorial team.

Members of the Frankfurter Frauenblatt

Founding members, editors and editors included Gisela Leiss, Elke Kiltz , Eva Brinkmann to Broxten, Ursula Hillmann , Marie Luise Jung, Cornelia Arnhold, Susanne Stück, Anke Hillebrecht, Ilona Hakert, Beate Menger, Gabi Lambert, Iris Nikulka, Agnès Bucaille-Euler , Elisabeth Bütfering, Claudia Burger, Anke Hillebrecht, Julia Scherf and Annegret Wennagel.

Cessation and continuation of activities

With issue no. 5 in 1992, the Frankfurter Frauenblatt was discontinued after the public subsidies from the city of Frankfurt am Main were canceled. The reason given was a lack of response from the women's public.

Further journalistic activities developed from the work of the women's newspaper team: In autumn 1992, the WEIBH eV association needed the Frankfurt women's city book published by AZ-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main. In 1995, in cooperation with the Hessian State Agency for Political Education, the publication FrauenStadtGeschichte followed : For example Frankfurt am Main with articles on historical and contemporary topics from a feminist perspective, published by Ulrike Helmer Verlag , Königstein / Taunus.

In the following years, the actors of the Frankfurter Frauenblatt were involved in various social fields, including in the cultural, art and media sectors (including Ursula Hillmann, Susanne Stück, Cornelia Arnhold, Anke Hillebrecht and Annegret Wennagel), in municipal, regional and Federal politics and administration (Elke Kiltz, Agnes Bucaille-Euler, Ilona Hakert), in health and social work (Gisela Leiss, Iris Nikulka) as well as in academic-university research and teaching (Eva Brinkmann to Broxten, Elisabeth Bütfering).

Web links

Commons : Frankfurter Frauenblatt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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