Olga Volkenstein
Olga Akimovna Volkenstein | |
|---|---|
Ольга Акимовна Волькенштейн | |
| Born | 27 February 1875 |
| Died | March 1942 Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR) |
| Resting place | Piskarevsky Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, suffragist and a leader of the women's rights movement |
| Employer | Russian Thought |
| Organization | Union for Women's Equality |
| Political party | Social Revolutionary Party |
Olga Akimovna Volkenstein (Russian: Ольга Акимовна Волькенштейн; 27 February 1875 – March 1942) was a Russian journalist, suffragist and a leader of the women's rights movement in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Early life
Volkenstein was born in Kishinev on 27 February 1875.[1][2] Her father was military doctor Akim Filippovich Volkenstein. Her younger brother Fyodor, born in 1876, became a prominent lawyer.[2]
Career
Volkenstein worked as a journalist for the newspaper Russian Thought. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Literary Society. She published under both her own name and various pseudonyms including: V.; V—n, O.; V—ъ, O.; Viktorova, O. I.; O. V.; Olgovich and W—n, O.[1][3]
Activism
Volkenstein was a left wing committee member of the Union for Women's Equality,[4] which demanded equal political and voting rights for women. She hoped to mobilize female factory workers to the cause,[5] was critical of the "well-to-do ladies" of the Union,[6] and organised lecture tours to give talks on the early history of the women's movement.[7]
She served as a delegate to the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) Congress in Copenhagen in 1906,[6] and organised the first All-Russian Women's Congress. The Union was succeeded by the League for Women's Equality. Volkenstein also became a member of the Social Revolutionary Party.[8]
Death
Volkenstein died in Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR) in March 1942 and was buried at Piskarevsky Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b "Волькенштейн Ольга Акимовна (текст)". feb-web.ru. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ a b Kovarskaya, Brigitta Petrovna. Замечательные люди Бессарабии [Remarkable People of Bessarabia]. Moscow: KUBiK. p. 238. ISBN 978-5-91818-958-0. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Masanov I. F. (1960) Dictionary of pseudonyms of Russian writers, scientists and public figures. Vol. 4. Moscow. p. 112.
- ^ McShane, Anne (2019) Bringing the revolution to the women of the East. The Zhenotdel experience in Soviet Central Asia through the lens of Kommunistka. Archived 2 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine PhD thesis, University of Glasgow. p. 23. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Yvert-Jalu, Hélène (2008). Femmes et famille en Russie, d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (in French). Sextant. p. 86. ISBN 978-2-84978-021-3. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ a b Stites, Richard (13 July 2021). The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia Feminism, Nihilsm, and Bolshevism, 1860-1930. Princeton University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781400843275. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Markkola, Pirjo; Nevala-Nurmi, Seija-Leena; Sulkunen, Irma (18 December 2008). Suffrage, Gender and Citizenship – International Perspectives on Parliamentary Reforms. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4438-0301-4. Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Sharp, Ingrid; Stibbe, Matthew (14 February 2011). Aftermaths of War: Women's Movements and Female Activists, 1918-1923. BRILL. p. 161. ISBN 978-90-04-19172-3.