[THE EARLIEST ARMENIAN FEMINIST PUBLICATION: THE ARMENIAN WOMEN] Հայ կին: Կիսամսեայ հանդէս / Hay gin. [i.e., Armenian woman]. Edited by Hayganus Mark

MARK, HAYGANUSH (1884-1966). Hay Gin Printing House, Constantinople, 1929. In modern brown cloth. Folio. (31,5 x 23 cm). In Armenian. 47 issues in total (2669-3444 pp., b/w reproduced photgraphic ills.). Age-toned on pages, slight chippings on trimmed extremities, sporadic stains, centrefold trace, fragile and deteriorated paper with flaking edges. The page including the cover of the second issue and its verso is missing. Overall, a good volume. Rare 47 issues (1 January 1927 - 1 December 1928) of the earliest Armenian feminist periodical ran between the last period of the Ottoman Empire and the early Republican Turkish period, by Armenian feminist writer Hayganush Mark (1884-1966), published bimonthly. While it had the longest publication life during the Ottoman Empire, the magazine ended its publication in 1933. The magazine featured feminism, the women's movement, and women's activities, and was mainly addressing Armenian women as it was published in a context supporting the Armenia