''Neues Frauenleben'' (

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: ''New Women's Life'') was a

socialist feminist Socialist feminism rose in the 1960s and 1970s as an offshoot of the feminist movement and New Left that focuses upon the interconnectivity of the patriarchy and capitalism. However, the ways in which women's private, domestic, and public roles ...

magazine which was published in Vienna, Austria, in the period 1902–1917. It was the official organ of the General Austrian Women’s Organization.

History and profile

''Neues Frauenleben'' was established by

Auguste Fickert Auguste Fickert (born 25 May 1855, Vienna - died 9 June 1910, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria) was a pioneering Austrian feminist and social reformer. Her politics were on the left wing of Austrian feminism and she allied with proletarian organization ...

in 1902 as the successor of ''Dokumente der Frauen'' which was also a feminist magazine again founded and co-edited by Fickert. The editor-in-chief of the magazine which had its headquarters in Vienna was also Fickert who held the post until 1910. She was succeeded by Emil Fickert, and

Leopoldine Kulka Leopoldine Kulka (31 March 1872 – 2 January 1920) was an Austrian writer and editor. As editor of ''Neues Frauenleben'' she controversially met women from combatant countries at the 1915 Women's conference at the Hague. Life Kulka was born in V ...

and Christine Touaillon also served as the editor-in-chief. ''Neues Frauenleben'' was a publication of the General Austrian Women’s Organization. Austrian peace activist

Rosa Mayreder Rosa Mayreder (née Obermeyer; 30 November 1858, in Vienna – 19 January 1938, in Vienna) was an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist. She was the daughter of Marie and Franz Arnold Obermayer who was a wealthy restaurant o ...

published articles in the magazine. Some international figures, including Finnish feminist

Maikki Friberg Maria (Maikki) Elisabeth Friberg (1861–1927) was a Finnish educator, journal editor, suffragist and peace activist. She is remembered for her involvement in the Finnish women's movement, especially as chair of the Finnish women's rights organisa ...

, Anna Brunnemann from Sweden, Frederiksen Kristine, Anna Holst, Migerka Elsa, Kohlt Havdan and

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

, also contributed to ''Neues Frauenleben''. Its target audience was working class women. The magazine folded in 1917.

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