Margriet is a Dutch weekly women's magazine, which publishes articles on fashion, beauty, health, nutrition, relationships, and society.
Established in 1938, Margriet once held the title of the most widely circulated women’s magazine in The Netherlands, attracting over a million weekly readers.
It featured content that would define the publication for decades: recipes, articles on child care and motherhood, sewing patterns, letters and questions to the editors, interviews, and regular columns.
The magazine reemerged after the war, resuming publication in November 1945[4] with Princess Margriet of the Netherlands featured on the cover of its first post-war issue.
Reflecting the societal shifts of the era, Margriet began publishing content addressing women’s changing roles, including a 1967 series titled Tomorrow’s Woman, which drew inspiration from the growing feminist movement.
On February 20, 1970, they staged a protest by occupying the publisher’s headquarters,[8] symbolically bringing cleaning supplies to mock what they saw as the magazine’s reinforcement of traditional gender roles.
For example, in 1969 it published the survey Sex in Nederland, which explored topics like sexuality and emancipation, revealing, among other findings, that 60,000 married women had homosexual feelings.
[11] The magazine also published articles advocating for free and legal abortion, prompting the Secretary of Health to summon the editor-in-chief for a reprimand, arguing that such topics belonged in medical journals, not mainstream publications.