English Woman's Journal

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The English Woman's Journal was a pioneering mid-19th-century British periodical that promoted women's rights, education, and employment opportunities.

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instanceOf periodical
women's magazine
aim to advance legal and social reforms for women
to advocate for improved education for women
to promote expanded employment opportunities for women
associatedOrganization Langham Place Group
associatedWith English women's suffrage movement
basedIn London
linked to: London, England
circulationArea Great Britain
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor Bessie Rayner Parkes
Matilda Mary Hays
focus social reform
women's education
women's employment
women's rights
format monthly journal
founder Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
linked to: Barbara Bodichon

Bessie Rayner Parkes
Matilda Mary Hays
genre literary magazine
social and political commentary
historicalSignificance one of the first British periodicals devoted to women's issues
pioneering platform for organized Victorian feminism
influenced later feminist periodicals in Britain
language English
medium print
notableContributor Emily Faithfull
Frances Power Cobbe
Harriet Martineau
Jessie Boucherett
officeLocation Langham Place, London
linked to: Langham Place
politicalAlignment liberal feminism
precededBy The English Woman's Review (conceptually, as a later related journal)
publicationEndYear 1864
publicationStartYear 1858
publisher Victoria Press
targetAudience middle-class women
timePeriod Victorian era
topic education policy
marriage law
property rights of women
women's access to professions
women's work

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Barbara Bodichon coFounded English Woman's Journal
Barbara Bodichon notableWork English Woman's Journal
subject linked to: Bodichon
English Woman's Journal precededBy The English Woman's Review (conceptually, as a later related journal)
linked to: English Woman's Journal
Langham Place Group associatedWith The English Woman's Journal
linked to: English Woman's Journal
Bessie Rayner Parkes editorOf The English Woman's Journal
linked to: English Woman's Journal
Bessie Rayner Parkes coFounderOf The English Woman's Journal
linked to: English Woman's Journal
Barbara Leigh Smith notableWork English Woman's Journal
Barbara Leigh Smith coFounded English Woman's Journal