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Encyclopedia > Ladies Home Journal
A cover of Ladies Home Journal from 1906
A cover of Ladies Home Journal from 1906

Ladies Home Journal is a magazine first published February 16, 1883 as a women's supplement to the Tribune and Farmer. The following year it became an independent publication. It was owned by Cyrus H. Curtis and edited by his wife, Louisa Knapp until she was replaced by Edward William Bok (alternate spelling is Buck) in 1889. Until 1919 he published the work of social reformers such as Jane Addams. Image File history File links Cover of Ladies Home Journal, 1906. ... Image File history File links Cover of Ladies Home Journal, 1906. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tribune (Latin: tribunus) was a title shared by several elected magistracies and other governmental offices of the Roman Republic and Empire. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jane Addams Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker, sociologist and reformer. ...



In 1986, the Ladies Home Journal was aquired by the Meredith Corporation. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Meredith Corporation (NYSE: MDP) is based in Des Moines, Iowa. ...


In 2005, the magazine saw the most prestiged celebrity on the cover of the magazine, the queen of pop, Madonna. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Madonna (Italian for my lady) may refer to: The Madonna, Mary, the mother of Jesus Madonna (entertainer), (full name: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie), a contemporary popular singer, actress, writer and sex symbol Madonna (album), an eponymous album released by the entertainer Madonna (art), iconic representations of the Virgin Mary...


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§15. "The Ladies’ Home Journal". XIX. Later Magazines. Vol. 17. Later National Literature, Part II. The ... (276 words)
Among the magazines of a more recent generation is The Ladies’ Home Journal, a periodical of a sort which has always flourished in Philadelphia.
Bok adopted some of the methods of personal journalism, and thousands of readers who could have named no other magazine editor knew of him, and rejoiced that his career was in outline that of the traditional industrious apprentice.
Even more than its predecessor, Godey’s Lady’s Book, The Ladies’ Home Journal is devoted to household arts, but it has always laid emphasis on the stories, essays, and poems that it published.
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