The author of this paper describes the life and career of Marija (Rija) Podkrajšek, the editor of the women’s monthly Žena in dom in 1930–1941. Examining the magazine, the author describes the editor’s position as a working woman and a mother of two children. By doing so, her aim is to offer an insight into the editor’s personality, as well as her views and worldviews through the answers which she provided to the letters of her (largely) female readership and which capture not only her own perspectives but also those of Slovenian (in particular) middle-class population on upbringing, marriage, abortion, illegitimate children, men’s and women’s world, etc. during the 1930s. Owing to their multitude and explicitness, the letters provide a unique insight into the relations of a Slovenian middle-class family in the 1930s.