In the organizer's words:

Around 1900, the Kölner Frauen-Zeitung functioned as a family, women's and advertising paper and, under the leadership of Emma and Ida Wagner, developed into an important medium for the Cologne women's movement. Topics such as girls' and women's education, new professions, the situation of housewives and an innovative job and housing advertisement for women made the paper a unique forum for middle-class readers, maids and workers alike.

The historian and teaching graduate Jana Buchholz has examined the newspaper comprehensively for the first time in her Master's thesis. The lecture promises a lively insight into a piece of Cologne's urban and women's history and its social changes and networks in Cologne around 1900.

The lecture is part of the accompanying program to the exhibition "Pioneers of Change - the First Women's Movement in Cologne", of the Historical Archive with the Rheinisches Bildarchiv, which can be seen until 22 March 2026.

Price information:

Places are limited and participation is free of charge. Registration by e-mail to anmeldungarchiv@stadt-koeln.de or by telephone on 0221/221-24455 is required.