A nőkérdés a szlovén vélemény-újságírásban
The Woman Question in Slovene Opinion Journalism

(from the 1870s to the first half of the 1890s)

Summary/Abstract: Based on historical research and publications in the Slovene press, this work analyses characteristic features of the views on the woman question in Slovene opinion journalism of the 1870s to the first half of the 1890s. In the same way as it was among other Slavic peoples of the Habsburg Empire, the women’s movement among the Slovenes was mainly oriented at solving national problems, and social problems were also considered by them in this vein. The article highlights the process of shaping a new image of the ideal Slovene woman by the Slovene press: an ardent patriot, educated, and participating in the national life of her people in full awareness, she is also a faithful companion and friend to her husband and a mother who fosters in her children love for their native language and people. The author retraces the evolution of the Slovenes’ ideas about the role of women in the family and society and comes to the conclusion that in the first half of the 1890s, the publications in the student magazine Vesna and the liberal newspaper Slovanski svet brought the discussion of the woman question to a new level and in many respects paved the way for the subsequent development and formation of the women’s movement.

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