In the early 20th century, there was the second blooming of domestic newspaper in China. What was different from the first one was that female became an important part of this period’s press. Influenced by Wuxu Reforms, male intellectuals publicizing the necessity and urgency of “the quit of food-blinding” and “the promotion of female’s education” by modern newspaper, aiming to fostering eligible “mothers of citizens”. At the same time, some female pioneers germinating save oneself consciousness independently, and they began to establish female newspapers and periodicals in order to lead women’s liberation movement by themselves. Meanwhile, through analyzing the articles and opinions on the newspaper, there were some differences between males and females’ understanding of “mothers of citizens”: in the view of males, “mothers of citizens” should follow “Japanese devoted wife and mother” principle; but, females tended to become an independent “female citizen” impacted by western European culture. Using newspaper to train “mothers of citizens” was only one side of this problem, on the other side, it was obvious that the female consciousness awakening had a positive impact on the development and reform of newspaper: intellectuals devoted themselves to enriching newspapers’ content and improving the design of layout, which was to spread female consciousness as widely as possible. Thus, making detailed analysis about the interaction between these two sides is valuable and meaningful to both thought study research and journalism history research.