 The newspaper's circulation began at 5,000 and had increased to 20,000 by the third issue; it peaked in the late 1970s with a readership of over 70,000.Four months after the first issue of "Courage" was released, another group of German women created "Emma", another feminist newspaper (later published as a magazine, and still in publication as of 2011).Before "Emma" first publication, the editors of "Courage" offered to work together to create a single newspaper but were turned away.