Dolgozó nő

Dolgozó nő (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdolɡozoː ˈnøː], Hungarian: The Woman Worker) was a monthly illustrated women's magazine which was published in Cluj-Napoca, Communist Romania, between 1945 and 1989. It was the sole publication targeting Hungarian women in the country.

Dolgozó nő

Categories	Women's magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Founded	1945
Final issue	1989
Country	Communist Romania
Based in	Cluj-Napoca
Language	Hungarian

History and profile

Dolgozó nő was established in Cluj in 1945.^[1] The magazine came out monthly and was printed in Hungarian.^[1][2] It was the sister publication of Femeia, a Romanian women's magazine.^[3]

Dolgozó nő targeted Hungarian women living in Romania who were the members of the Communist women’s mass organization, the Union of Antifascist Women of Romania.^[4] It was modelled on Soviet women's magazines and featured articles on women's rights, their condition in the modern society, health, beauty, housework, literature and fashion topics.^[1] It also encouraged the participation of women in politics and covered materials on literature and history.^[1]

Dolgozó nő folded in 1989 when the Communist regime fell as a result of the Romanian Revolution.^[1]

References

1. Toth Godri Iringo (2017). "Propaganda Emancipation and Stalinist Internationalism In Romanian Communist Magazines for Women". Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Philosophy and Humanistic Sciences. 5 (2): 13, 18–19. doi:10.18662/lumenphs.2017.0502.02.
2. "Rumanian Press". Agerpres Information Bulletin. Vol. 14–15, no. v. 7-9. U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. 10 June 1956. p. 9. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
3. Jill Massino (2019). Ambiguous Transitions: Gender, the State, and Everyday Life in Socialist and Postsocialist Romania. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books. p. 72. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1850hqs. ISBN 978-1-78533-599-0.
4. Manuela Marin (2013). "Ascribing a New Political Identity: Women during the 1950's. A Case Study on Săteanca Magazine". In Andrada Fătu-Tutoveanu; Rubén Jarazo Álvarez (eds.). Press, Propaganda and Politics: Cultural Periodicals in Francoist Spain and Communist Romania. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4438-6567-8.