Moeder

Moeder (literally meaning "Mother") was a Dutch women's magazine, published from 1934 to 1974; from 1961 on the magazine was called De Prinses (literally "The Princess"). Edited by Jan Waterink, a preacher and professor and later rector at the VU University Amsterdam, it was a Christian weekly offering practical advice to housewives, combined with amusement and religious content. The magazine had a neo-Calvinist stance.[1]

In the 1940s the magazine had a readership of around 10,000; by 1961 when it changed its name to De Prinses, it had a circulation of 201,000, competitive with non-denominational magazines such as Libelle and Margriet. Unlike those two magazines, however, De Prinses did not manage to navigate the great changes in Dutch society of the late 1960s; secularization and depillarization greatly lessened the need for Protestant women's publications.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra; Roy Porter (1 January 2001). Cultures of Neurasthenia from Beard to the First World War. Rodopi. p. 309. ISBN 90-420-0921-7. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Bas, Jan de (2003). Een mijter zonder kruis: Sint-Nicolaas in de protestantse pers 1945-2000. Verloren. p. 29. ISBN 9789065507709.


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