Editors included Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Irene Clyde, Dorothy Cornish, and Jessey Wade.

[7] The journal remained private for its 24-year history; a distributors' note at the end of each edition stated "Urania is not published, nor offered to the public, but [...] can be had by friends.

"[8] Urania's editors deliberately fostered an informal network of supporters and sympathisers, encouraging readers to send in their names to a register.

[11] Amongst other content, the journal published articles about feminist movements around the world[12] and compiled information about successful gender-reassignment surgeries.

[13] The Women's Library at the London School of Economics digitised the run of Urania from 1919 to 1940 and published it online in 2023.