Founded by leading Crimean Tatar intellectual and journalist Ismail Gasprinsky, it was under the editorship of his daughter Şefiqa Gaspıralı throughout its entire existence.

The concept of a Crimean Tatar magazine for women was promoted by leading intellectual and journalist leader Ismail Gasprinsky.

Akçurina-Gaspıralı had previously attempted unsuccessfully to establish a female-oriented Crimean Tatar publication, called Terbiye, in 1887.

Included in the pages of Alem-i Nisvan were biographies of famous women, stories from foreign countries, and fiction.

In 2011, a conference dedicated to the 105th anniversary of Alem-i Nisvan's founding was held at the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University [ru].