ТВОРЧЕСТВО Л. Я. ГУРЕВИЧ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ФЕМИНИСТСКОГО ДВИЖЕНИЯ

Creative activity of L. Ya. Gurevich was a prominent and important phenomenon in the literature of the turn of the era. Reference literature speaks of her as an enthusiastic editor of one of the most popular magazines of the late 19th century. “Severnyj Vestnik” and a desperate publisher of the most sensational works of Russian symbolism. She was the author of bright historical-literary, literary-critical articles, and fiction. Moving away from her literary activity, L.Ya. Gurevich became one of the most famous theater critics. However, there was a certain period in her work that was closely associated with the feminist movement. The role of women in society worried L.Ya. Gurevich from early youth. The position of the writer is determined through the prism of the female images she created, many of which are autobiographical. After publishing several political broshures, L. Ya. Gurevich gained great fame among public and political figures. Fighting for the equality of women, L.Ya. Gurevich wrote about the high intellectual level of the representatives of the feminist movement and did not allow "to reduce it to outrageous tricks like smoking short-haired women in public"