Main content use access key 5 to view full text ocr mode. In 1839, he merged it with the ladies magazine of boston, retaining the capable editorial hand of mrs. In the 1850s its circulation ranged between 70,000 and 150,000 copies every month. A collection of digitized full text replicas of magazines, newspapers, and books covering many aspects of american life during colonial times, civil war, emancipation, reconstruction, and world war i. One of the first women to gain access into the congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and womens rights. Godey s lady s book continued to flourish throughout the civil war under the long editorship of mrs. It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the civil war. Godey s lady s book was one of the most popular magazines in nineteenth century america, read by men and women alike in every state and territory. Editors table the following are all the excerpts related to thanksgiving from 1860, 1859, 1858, 1857, and october 1855. Godey s lady s book and magazine, was a united states magazine which was published in philadelphia. Although editor sarah josepha hale was at home in the public sphere. Above this band are festoons of gray flowers, caught up by medallions. Godeys ladys book philadelphia, pa edgar allan poe.
Godey s lady s book, philadelphia, volume 48, march, 1854 by various free ebook project gutenberg. Important women in united states history through the 20th. Sarah hale, but by 1877, louis godey sold the magazine and mrs. She was one of the founders of the national association for the advancement of colored people naacp in 1909. Godeys ladys book welcome to one of the most popular. In addition to the fashions, the complete magazines in each book offer patterns, embroideries, designs, illustrations, sheet music, stories, and an abundance of everything that interested women during the civil war. Godey s lady s book one of the first and most popular womens magazines, godey s lady s book brought articles on fashion, poems, and short stories by american authors into 19thcentury homes. Bead bracelet from godeys ladys book may 1860, accessible archives. Under the enterprising godey as publisher and sarah josepha hale as editor, godey s lady s book, as it was soon called, was to gain, over the next forty years, 150,000 subscribers, an astounding total for a womens publication in the middle isoos.
Godeys double extension colored fashionplate, containing six figures. Top subscription boxes right to your door pillpack. Robe dress from the celebrated establishment of messrs. Theres an antique store right down the street from my house and already ive found two big thick books, one dated 1866 and the other, 1878.
Civil war era and reconstruction 18611877 routledge. In philadelphia in 1830 louis antoine godey 18041878 commenced the publication of godey s lady s book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of american women. Historical popular magazines newspapers, broadcast news. Godey s lady s book and magazine, september, 1864, volume lxix, volume 69, philadelphia, louis a. Godeys ladys book was an american womens magazine published in the 19th century. The circulation, largely due to its popular colored fashion plates, increased to 150,000 a month. Godeys ladys book, alternatively known as godeys magazine and ladys book, was an american womens magazine that was published in philadelphia from 1830 to 1878. Of course this author assumes all female riding experiences begin and end with a groom. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Civil war recipes, receipts from the pages of godeys. Godey s lady s book louis antoine godey began publishing godey s lady s book in 1830. Godeys ladys book and magazine january december, 1866. Jan 30, 2014 in philadelphia in 1830 louis antoine godey 18041878 commenced the publication of godeys ladys book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of newly educated american women.
Civil war recipes, receipts from the pages of godey s lady s book this is a great little historical cookbook. The best human benefactor of woman, matthew vassar and. Given the popularity of the magazine 150,000 subscribers, it seems likely that the fashion plates tell us a lot about women in the years immediately before and after the civil war. The recipes spelled receipts it published were often submitted by women from both the north and the south, and they reveal the wide. Godey patterned his first magazine, then, on these and the annual gift books. Publications such as godey s lady s book and catharine beechers treatise on domestic economy. Godeys ladys book instructs on side saddle riding, 1862.
I have 3 books dated back to 1866, 1867, 1869 would like. Godey, sarah josepha hale, 90 pages scanned from a full year bound copy of the magazine. Godeys ladys book 1866 louisa may alcott is my passion. Godey, sarah josepha hale, 88 pages illustrations may flowers, a very fine steel engraving. Godeys ladys book, alternatively known as godeys magazine and ladys book, was a united states magazine which was published in philadelphia. The bug of collecting antique books is beginning to take hold. Godeys ladys book january 1850 leather bound january 1, 1850 by louis a. Its circulation rose from 70,000 in the 1840s to 150,000 in 1860. Hale, godey swas among the first and most successful american womens magazines.
Godeys ladys book links to online resources, fashion. The magazine was purchased by several owners and in 1898 ended its 68 year existence. The complete godeys ladys book 18301896 accessible archives. Free fashion illustrations from godey s lady s book godey s lady s book was a very well known cook book during the civil war. It includes general and specific entries on politics and business, labor, industry, agriculture, education and youth, law and legislative affairs, literature, music, the performing and visual arts, health and medicine, science and technology, exploration, life on the western frontier, family life, slave. Godey s lady s book, perhaps the most popular magazine for women in nineteenthcentury america, had a national circulation of 150,000 during the 1860s.
Editor of magazines, notably godey s lady s book, which promoted the betterment of women. Newspapers and publications discover libguides at furman. The london lady s magazine contained stories, poetry, historical pieces, book notices, and such embellishments as plates, costume designs and patterns. Gardner published the first collection of photographs documenting the civil war in 1866. American treasures selections on lincoln, the civil war, walt whitman. Kind words for the sunday school children, 1866, 1886, 1890, 1892. Stowe was born on june 14, 1811 in litchfield, connecticut, the seventh child of famed congregational minister. Africanamerican journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, georgist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. The passionate woman, when the fit is upon her, becomes as incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. The name of the magazine was then changed to godey s lady s book, and under that name it continued until 1892, when the name became simply godey s magazine. The encyclopedia takes a broad, multidisciplinary approach to the history of the period. Memory gallery b american treasures of the library of congress. The isaqueena a literary periodical from the greenville womans college 1924 1933. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform, and educate the women of america.
Where one finds one of those at short notice and on a budget she doesnt say. It is edited by lily may spaulding and john spaulding. Important 19th century fashion magazine with historical illustrations. I have 3 books dated back to 1866, 1867, 1869 would like to know what they are worth 1869 is godey s ladies book and magazine vol. Abolitionist author, harriet beecher stowe rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her bestselling book, uncle toms cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery, angered the slaveholding south, and inspired proslavery copycat works in defense of the institution of slavery. See more ideas about american women, lady and civil war hairstyles. Lucretia mott abolition, womens rights 17931880 she and her husband, james, made their home a station on the underground railroad. The dress is of a rich violine purple wool material, with a bordering in black, representing velvet and buttons. Hales tutelage the magazine flourished, reaching a precivil war circulation of 150,000. Harriet beecher stowe national womens history museum. Godeys ladys book and magazine, may, 1864, volume lxviii, volume 68, philadelphia, louis a. The lady s book was to become the alpha and omega of the world of womens rights, fashion, etiquette, and cookery. I know that they were popular before and during the civil war.
University of texas at tyler godey s lady s book index 18551865. Although the plates i have are from issues in the 1850s, godey s lady s book did continue to be published until 1877. Editor see all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Godeys ladys book, 18301898 cleveland museum of art. Godey s lady s book links to online resources, fashion plates, history, illustrations, books, edgar allan poe writings and letters godey s lady s book godeys ladys book. Indeed much of the content was lifted directly from these competitors, a common practise of the time. Congress enacted the civil rights act in april 1866 after learning of. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Godey s lady s book the entire run of godey s lady s book, in full text and with color plates, from 18301898.
In 1836 godey purchased the bostonbased american ladies magazine which he merged with his own publication. Sara jane lippincott pseudonym grace greenwood, september 23, 1823 april 20, 1904 was an american author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. Godey s lady s book was the chief financial success among the philadelphia magazines, and, after the port folio a political and literary journalmagazine, enlisted the services of the greatest number of the best writers. The isaqueena a literary periodical from the greenville womans college 19241933. Godeys ladys book archives university of pennsylvania. They have included a wide sampling of recipes from the civil war that were from godey s lady s book. Our collection provides the complete run of godeys ladys book, and is the only one containing the. On april 30, 1860, sarah josepha hale,editressof godeys ladys book, wrote to matthew. Godeys ladys book at the outbreak of the civil war, godeys ladys book was the most successful womens magazine in the united states, with a circulation of 150,000, and an estimated readership of a. Godey founded the lady s book in 1830, in philadelphia, pa. It was also known as godeys magazine, using that name exclusively in its last few years. He designed his monthly magazine specifically to attract the growing audience of literate american women.
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