- University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives
- British Women's Periodicals Collection
British Women's Periodicals Collection
other1893-1977BC5
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Where
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- Held by
- University of Waterloo. Special Collections & Archives via University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives
- Dates
- 1893-1977 (indexed as 1893–1977)
- Level
- other (source: book collection)
- Scope & content
- The British Women's Periodicals Collection is made up of some 35,000 issues of British women's magazines published from 1893 to 1977. The majority of titles were published by the Amalgamated Press and publishers which it absorbed, and many copies are, in fact, copies from the publishers' own archives. Most titles in the collection are very rare. Because these magazines were aimed at a mass market audience, the British Women's Periodicals Collection offers a unique opportunity to examine the interests and concerns of British women during the time period covered. The collection's content is primarily "popular" fiction written for a female audience, but magazines for children and youth are also well represented. Cooking, crafts, advice columns, fashion, health, and inspirational topics are also featured. Of particular interest are the advertisements, which illustrate contemporary attitudes in a vivid manner.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Women’s studies, gender, and sexuality
- Genre / form
- Catalogued newspapers and periodicals
- Access & use
- All items in this collection are located in Special Collections & Archives and are non-circulating.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:41:38Z · source datestamp n/a · ead