''Today's Housewife'' was an American women's magazine in the early 20th century.
History and profile
The magazine was started in May 1905 under the name ''Today's Magazine''.
It was published by the Canton Magazine Co.
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''Munsey's Magazine
''Munsey's Weekly'', later known as ''Munsey's Magazine'', was a 36-page quarto United States, American magazine founded by Frank Munsey, Frank A. Munsey in 1889 and edited by John Kendrick Bangs. Frank Munsey aimed to publish "a magazine of the pe ...
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Today's Housewife (advertisement)
''Printer's Ink'' until January 1917.
The magazine was based in
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and ...
.
Advertising of the time period boasted an initial circulation in excess of 1 million. Publisher and editor George A. McClellan managed and owned the publication.
[(7 November 1924)]
Publisher is injured, dies
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''The Advertising Age and Mail'', December 1916, p. 36[(29 December 1917)]
McClellan Now at the Head
''Fourth Estate'', p. 23 In 1917 it incorporated ''The Housewife'' (founded 1882) in 1917.
From February 1917 to May 1927 it was published under the name ''Today's Housewife''.
During this period the publisher was the Geiger-Crist Co., Cooperstown, in New York.
It appears the publication changed its name to ''Today's Housewife and Woman and Home'' in 1927 and ''Today's Woman and Home'' in January 1928.
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''The Writer'', p. 65 (1928) ("Today's Woman and Home--18 East Eighteenth street, New York, is the new name of Today's Housewife, beginning with the January issue") The magazine was published with this title until September 1928 when it ceased publication.
References
Defunct women's magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1917
Magazines disestablished in 1928
Magazines published in New York City
Magazines published in Ohio
External links
''Today's Magazine'', v. XII, no. 4, July 1916at th
Villanova Digital Library
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