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Ladies' Home Journal was an American magazine that ran until 2016 and was last published by the Meredith Corporation. It was first published on February 16, 1883, [ 2 ] and eventually became one of the leading women's magazines of the 20th century in the United States.
The company's publications included the Ladies' Home Journal and The Saturday Evening Post, The American Home, Holiday, Jack & Jill, and Country Gentleman. In the 1940s, Curtis also had a comic book imprint, Novelty Press. The company declined in the later 20th century, and its publications were sold or discontinued.
Bruce joined The Saturday Evening Post as an associate editor in 1934. It was published by Curtis Publishing Company, who also published the Journal.The Goulds took over as co-editors of the Journal in 1935 during the Great Depression, and steered the publication through its golden years, becoming for much of their tenure the highest circulation of the "Seven Sisters" of American magazines ...
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While all seven of the magazines were aimed at women, they all had divergent beginnings. Family Circle and Woman's Day were both originally conceived as circulars for grocery stores (Piggly Wiggly and A&P); [2] McCall's and Redbook were known for a text-heavy format focusing on quality fiction; Good Housekeeping was aimed at affluent housewives; [3] and Ladies' Home Journal was originally a ...
Magazines for the millions: Gender and commerce in the Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post, 1880–1910 (SUNY Press, 1994) Hall, Roger I. "A system pathology of an organization: the rise and fall of the old Saturday Evening Post." Administrative science quarterly (1976): 185–211. in JSTOR; Tebbel, John William.
The supplement proved so popular that it was expanded to a magazine and Louisa became the first editor. The magazine title was shortened to Ladies' Home Journal in 1886. [7] In July 1889, the Curtises' decided to expand the magazine to a thirty-two page magazine with a cover. [8] Louisa resigned as editor and Edward Bok became the new editor. [7]