Published by Primary Source Microfilm

Rare and important titles from the International Archive of the Women's Movement (IIAV), and the International Institute of Social History (ISG), Amsterdam

European Women's Periodicals brings together some of the most important political, professional and popular periodicals written by and for women across Europe during the critical period of the women's movement (1840-1940). Taken from the holdings of the International Archive of the Women's Movement (IIAV) -- whose founders were active members of that movement -- and the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam, these "vehicles for communication with the outside world" clearly illuminate the international struggle towards social and political equality for women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

This is a fascinating, unique look at the major issues of the time through the eyes of European women, including women's groups against Nazism, continental suffragists, birth-control propagandists, housewives' associations and educational reformers. European Women's Periodicals reflects the many aspects of the women's movement in European society to the early days of World War II. Of particular importance is the insight given to the role of socialism in the campaign for women's rights -- the threat of German National Socialism is evident in some of the later titles, while many of the "popular" journals of that era deliberately avoid mention of World War II.

While the Primary Source Microfilm collection Women's Periodicals: Eighteenth Century to the Great Depression focuses primarily on material produced in the U.S. and Great Britain, European Women's Periodicals expands the published periodical material available on the women's movement to an international level -- showing the many facets of the worldwide "sisterhood" which shook the foundations of convention almost 100 years ago.

Unit One: Austrian and Belgian Women's Periodicals

This first unit includes 26 titles from Austria and Belgium, including Der Bund, 1906-1918; Die Frau, 1924-1934; Die Oesterreicherin, 1928-1938, and La Femme Belge, 1922-1935.
29 reels

Unit Two: French Women's Periodicals

This unit offers titles from France, including L'Action Sociale de la Femme, 1911-1924; Les Documents du Progres, 1907-1914; and La Française, 1906-1915.
24 reels

Unit Three: German Women's Periodicals

The third unit includes both titles from Germany and German-language issues from Paris, Prague and periodicals from Switzerland. Among these are Die Frau, 1893-1940, Die Frauenbewegung, 1897-1900, Die Gleicheit, 1893-1923, and Die Neue Generation, 1908-1932.
61 reels

Unit Four: Dutch Women's Periodicals

This final unit contains 10 titles.
170 reels

Complete Collection: 284 reels