Newspapers and magazines are the medium through which news and ideas are spread to a large number of people. During the period between 1895 and 1945, the Philippines as a country experienced many important events. However, throughout history, men were considered to be the ones who should govern and rule. Thus, they were the ones provided with education, the means and the abilities to write. As women’s opportunity to be educated increased, so did their involvement in society: women too started to take on jobs as journalists and writers.
In this itinerary we lay the importance on women: how they were represented in newspapers, what they wrote about and how their fight for suffragism was perceived and pictured. Last but not least, we take a look at women’s magazines that were created especially for the female readers.
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Georgiana Sara Negrutiu