We have to sow the fields-the harvest is sure. She brought substance to the magazine, and wrote frequently about the notion of “women’s sphere.” In 1846 she stated, “The time of action is now. Sarah Josepha Hale served as Godey’s editor from 1837 until 1877 and published only original, American manuscripts. Godey and Hale became a force majeure in American publishing and together produced a magazine which today is considered as among the most important resources of 19th century American life and culture. Under Hale’s tutelage the magazine flourished, reaching a pre-Civil War circulation of 150,000. Most importantly, Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) became Godey’s new editor. In 1836 Godey purchased the Boston-based American Ladies’ Magazine, which he merged with his own publication. Each issue contained poetry, articles, and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time. Godey intended to take advantage of the popularity of gift books, many of which were marketed specifically to women. In Philadelphia in 1830, Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878) began publishing Godey’s Lady’s Book (1830–1878), which he designed specifically to attract a growing audience of American women. By the 1860s, Godey's considered itself the "queen of monthlies". It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War. Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, was a United States magazine which was published in Philadelphia. 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. To facilitate fashion selection, each year’s fashion plates are grouped together in a separate folder. This allows browsing the entire archive by opening just one file. Each volume’s table of contents, for all five years, are combined in one pdf file. Each monthly magazine showcased the latest fashions for that month, so there are twelve fashion plates for each year and sixty fashion plates for the five years. Each of those five years contain two complete volumes: The first volume of each year contains all of Godey's magazines from January through June, and the second volume contains all of Godey's magazines for that year from July through December. Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine.This collection contains all sixty of Godey's monthly magazines (around 100 pages each) for the years from 1860 through 1864.
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