''Urania'' was a privately circulated feminist

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journal, published between 1916 and 1940. Editors included

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, Esther Roper,

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, Dorothy Cornish, and

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. It was published bimonthly from 1916 to 1920, then triannually due to high costs.

Background

Many of the editors of the journal were connected through the Aëthnic Union, a short-lived feminist revolutionary group formed in 1911.

History

''Urania's'' intention was to challenge gender stereotypes and advance the abolishment of gender; each issue was headed with the statement: "There are no 'men' or 'women' in Urania." "Sex is an accident" was a term frequently used in the journal. It was privately published by D. R. Mitra, Manoranjan Press, Bombay. The journal remained private for its 24-year history; a distributors' note at the end of each edition stated "''Urania'' is not published, nor offered to the public, but ..can be had by friends." ''Urania's'' editors deliberately fostered an informal network of supporters and sympathisers, encouraging readers to send in their names to a register. The journal claimed to have a circulation of around 250.

Content

Amongst other content, the journal published articles about feminist movements around the world and compiled information about successful gender-reassignment surgeries.

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