Stefania Podhorska-Okołów – ostatnia redaktorka “Bluszczu”
The Last Editor of “Bluszcz”
Author(s): Dorota WitczakSubject(s): Gender Studies, Cultural history, Media studies, Social history, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Podhorska-Okołów Stefania; Ivy; history; women's magazines; Poland; 20th century;
Summary/Abstract: The article features Stefania Podhorska-Okolow, the editor-in-chief of "Bluszcz", one of the oldest periodicals for women in Europe. The magazine is also eminent in the history of Polish press for its 74-year period in which it was published. Stefania Podhorska-Okolow was the editor-in-chief of the "Bluszcz" weekly in the years 1921-22 and 1927-39 skillfully balancing the commercial requirements of the owners and her own professional ambitions and views on the changing role of women in the society. Her magazine popularized a new type of the women - educated, professional active, and engaged in social issues. Consequently a new type of the Polish family was also presented.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Cracoviensis. Studia ad Bibliothecarum Scientiam Pertinentia
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 213-224
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish
