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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Bessie Rayner Parkes → editorOf → The English Woman's Journal ⓘ
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Bessie Rayner Parkes → coFounderOf → The English Woman's Journal ⓘ
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Barbara Leigh Smith → notableWork → English Woman's Journal ⓘ
Barbara Leigh Smith → coFounded → English Woman's Journal ⓘ