It debated important issues for women such as the dress reform, and organized protests against the regulated prostitution in line with the Svenska Federationen.
In 1886, the association published the radical women's magazine Framåt, with Alma Åkermark as editor and Eva Brag among its contributors.
Later that same year, however, Åkermark participated in the Sedlighetsdebatten by publishing articles of sexual liberation for women, such as the novel Pyrrhussegrar by Stella Kleve.
This caused a scandal, and though Åkermark were supported by some of the members, such as the chairperson Mathilda Hedlund, the members voted to withdraw their support to the paper in November with a marginal of nine votes – Åkermark managed to publish the paper for three more years, however.
The chairperson, Mathilda Hedlund, left Sweden for Denmark after her marriage in 1888, and Göteborgs Kvinnoförening was dissolved in 1891.