Magazines for women in the publishing heritage of Konstanty Majeranowski (1787–1851)

The journalistic output of Konstanty Majeranowski is big, although so far it has not seemed to be interesting for the historians of the press. The objective of this article is to show Majranowski as a creator of the magazines addressed to women. He was a precursor of this magazine genre not only in the Free City of Kraków but on Polish lands under partitions as well. He published “Pleasant and Practical Entertainments”, which later changed the title to “Polish Flora”, “Cracow’s Courier Devoted to Fair Sex and Literature” and the addition to “ Cracow’s Herald”, entitled “Wanda” – all of which were addressed to women. In the pages of these magazines the readers could find information from the world of fashion, and especially for them the romances and literary works were published there. There was also a substantial amount of humour. These magazines can be counted among press ephemerids as they were issued for a short time as they lacked a firm group of readers.

The journalistic output of Konstanty Majeranowski is big, although so far it has not seemed to be interesting for the historians of the press. The objective of this article is to show Majranowski as a creator of the magazines addressed to women. He was a precursor of this magazine genre not only in the Free City of Kraków but on Polish lands under partitions as well. He published “Pleasant and Practical Entertainments”, which later changed the title to “Polish Flora”, “Cracow’s Courier Devoted to Fair Sex and Literature” and the addition to “ Cracow’s Herald”, entitled “Wanda” – all of which were addressed to women. In the pages of these magazines the readers could find information from the world of fashion, and especially for them the romances and literary works were published there. There was also a substantial amount of humour. These magazines can be counted among press ephemerids as they were issued for a short time as they lacked a firm group of readers.