The period under examination was a transition period in regard to the development of female discourse and women's place in society. The dominant themes had already been launched in 1887 with the publication of the Efimeris ton Kyrion (Ladies' Newspaper) by Kalliroe Paren, which ushered in the first period of systematic assertion of the role and rights of women.

This movement developed around the two central claims considered fundamental for the emancicpation of women: the right to education and the right to work. The latter included charitable works and right to participate actively in national crises, on the basis of women's role as mothers and teachers.
Towards the end of this period the issue that came to the fore in the feminist crisis of the following, inter-war period, emerged: the claim for woman suffrage.
The feminists of the inter-war period joined organizations such as Syndesmos gia ta Dikaiomata tis gynaikas (Association for the Rights of Women), established 1920, Ethniko Symvoulio ton Ellinidon (National Council of Greek Women), established 1919, Sosialistikos Omilos Gynaikon (Socialist Club of Women), established 1919 and others founded still earlier, such as the Lyceum Club of Greek Women (established in 1911). They discussed and activated on issues such as the nature, the quality and the terms of female political participation.