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Cover from an 1850 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.
Cover from an 1850 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.

Godey's Lady's Book, alternatively known as Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book, was a popular United States magazine among women during the 19th century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar In the 1860s Godey's considered itself the "queen of monthlies. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting "

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The magazine was published by Louis A. Godey from Philadelphia for 48 years (1830–1878) (it was published by someone else after Godey died). Louis Antoine Godey (born June 6, 1804, New York City; died November 29, 1878, Philadelphia Pennsylvania) was an American Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Godey intended to take advantage of the popularity of gift books, many of which were marketed specifically to women. [1] Each issue contained poetry, articles, and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time. Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Sarah Josepha Hale (author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb") was its editor from 1837 until 1877 and only published original, American manuscripts. Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (October 24 1788 - April 30 1879 was an American Writer. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is a Nursery rhyme of 19th-century American origin Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way Although the magazine contained work by both males and females, Hale published three special issues which only included work done by women. Male (♂ refers to the sex of an organism or part of an organism which produces small mobile Gametes called spermatozoa. Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells

In 1845, Louis Godey began copyrighting each issue of the magazine to prevent other magazine and newspaper editors from pirating their texts. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for This move, a first in America, was criticized by editors at the Baltimore Saturday Visiter. The Baltimore Saturday Visiter was a weekly periodical in Baltimore Maryland that published much of the work of Baltimore Writer Edgar Allan Poe They called it a "narrowly selfish course" and that Godey would "rue it bitterly. "[2]

The magazine was expensive; subscribers paid $3 per year (for comparison, The Saturday Evening Post was only $2 per year). The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly Magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, [3] Even so, it was the most popular journal in its day. [4] Under Hale's editorship, the list of subscribers to Godey's reached 150,000. [5] It is best known for the hand-tinted fashion plate that appeared at the start of each issue, which provide a record of the progression of women's dress. Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a Skirt with an attached Bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece Publisher Louis Godey showed off that in 1859, it cost $105,200 to produce the Lady's Book, with the coloring of the fashion-plates costing $8,000. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [6] Almost every issue also included an illustration and pattern with measurements for a garment to be sewn at home. An illustration is a visualization such as a Drawing, Painting, Photograph or other work of Art that stresses subject more than Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather Sewing or stitching is the fastening of Cloth, Leather, Furs Bark, or other flexible materials using needle and A sheet of music for piano provided the latest waltz, polka or galop. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The waltz is a ballroom and folk Dance in time, performed primarily in Closed position. The polka is a fast lively Central European Dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas In Dance, the galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop) a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a lively country

Edgar Allan Poe had one of his earliest short stories "The Visionary" (later renamed "The Assignation") printed in Godey's in 1834. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In 1844, he published several other works: "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" (April), "The Oblong Box" (September), and "Thou Art the Man" (November). Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year " A Tale of the Ragged Mountains " is a Short story written by Edgar Allan Poe partially based on his experiences while a student at the University of "The Oblong Box" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, about a sea voyage and a mysterious box " Thou Art the Man," originally titled " Thou Art the Man!," is a Short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. [7] Other contributors included Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Washington Irving, James K. Paulding, William Gilmore Simms, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4 1804 – May 19 1864 was an American novelist and Short story writer Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, (August 29 1809 &ndash October 7 1894 was a Physician by profession but achieved fame as a Writer; he was one of the best Washington Irving (April 3 1783 – November 28 1859 was an American Author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th James Kirke Paulding ( August 22, 1778 &ndash April 6, 1860) was a Novelist and the United States Secretary of the Navy William Gilmore Simms (April 17 1806 &ndash June 11 1870 was a poet novelist and historian from the American South whose Novels achieved great prominence during Nathaniel Parker Willis, also known as N P Willis, (January 20 1806 – January 20 1867 was an American Author, Poet and editor [8]

Godey sold the magazine in 1877 before his death in 1878. [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Pattee, Fred Lewis. This is a list of women's magazines, Magazines that have been published primarily for a readership of women. The First Century of American Literature: 1770–1870. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1966. p. 392.
  2. ^ Moss, Sidney P. Poe's Literary Battles: The Critic in the Context of His Literary Milieu. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1962. p. 23
  3. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. The Literary History of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. , 1906. p. 239
  4. ^ Reynolds, David F. "Poe's Art of Transformation: 'The Cask of Amontillado' in Its Cultural Context," as collected in The American Novel: New Essays on Poe's Major Tales, Kenneth Silverman, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 0521422433 p. 101
  5. ^ Pattee, Fred Lewis. The First Century of American Literature: 1770–1870. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1966. p. 495.
  6. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. The Literary History of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. , 1906. p. 232
  7. ^ Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. Checkmark Books, 2001.
  8. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. The Literary History of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. , 1906. p. 231
  9. ^ Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. The Literary History of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. , 1906. p. 231

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