Olga Volkenstein
Olga Akimovna Volkenstein | |
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Ольга Акимовна Волькенштейн | |
| Born | 27 February 1875 |
| Died | March 1942 (aged 67) Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR) |
| Resting place | Piskarevsky Cemetery |
| Occupations | 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) (also spelled Volkenshteyn) was a Russian journalist, suffragist and a leader of the women's rights movement in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Early life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Volkenstein died in Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR) in March 1942 and was buried at Piskarevsky Cemetery.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ 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.
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