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Similar publications had been produced in europe since the late eighteenth century and godeys was closely patterned after its english and french counterparts. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform, and educate the women of america. Despite this, godeys was the most popular journal of its time. How to be a finished musician, godeys ladys book 63, no. Godeys is best known for the handtinted fashion plate, which appears at the start of each issue and provides a record of the progression of womens dress. Godeys ladys fashion illustrations 1852 lot x 3 hand color lithograph women. The first successful womens magazine and most widely circulated magazine in the antebellum united states, godeys ladys book offered fashion illustrations and advice, literary pieces, and articles on current events and popular culture.
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Philadelphia, birthplace of the shapes and center of shape. Sep 01, 2017 engraving from godeys ladys book, october 1852. Happily the two things are not inconsistent, as the ladys book is proving. In 1839, he merged it with the ladies magazine of boston, retaining the capable editorial hand of mrs. Godey decided to target a growing american audience. Personal reminiscences of miss eliza leslie, godeys ladys book 56 1858, which includes a brief autobiographical sketch by eliza leslie dated august 1, 1851. It was also known as godey s magazine, using that name exclusively in its last few years. The complete godeys ladys book 18301896 accessible archives. An 1852 article about women pioneers in michigan describes the impact of. One of hales early observations, before she joined with godey, concerned her belief that much of what men had called an inferiority of womens minds was the result of what women were taught to do.