''Home Monthly'' was a monthly

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published in

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in the late 19th century. When ''Home Monthly'' was established in 1896, it hired

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as the managing editor of the magazine. Cather oversaw the publication of 12 issues of the magazine between June 1896 and July 1897. A number of Cather's

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were published in the magazine during her tenure. (Bradley, 2005) ''Home Monthly'' ceased publication in 1900.

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*Jennifer L. Bradley, "To Entertain, To Educate, To Elevate: Cather and the Commodification of Manners at the ''Home Monthly''" in Janis T. Stout (ed., 2005). ''Willa Cather & Material Culture: Real-World Writing, Writing the Real World'' (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, ) pp. 37–65. Monthly magazines published in the United States Defunct women's magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1896 Magazines disestablished in 1900 Magazines published in Pittsburgh {{Womens-mag-stub