Title
The Lady’s Book
Coverage
Philadelphia
Publisher
L.A. Godey & Co.
Date
January 1834
Subject
Volume 8, number 1
Description
(Godey’s) Lady’s Book was the most influential women’s magazine of the nineteenth century. Sarah Josepha Hale assumed the editorship in 1836. In addition to its fine hand-colored fashion plates and piano music, Godey’s published only original works by American authors. From a circulation of 10,000 copies in 1838, it reached 150,000 by 1860. This issue contains the first printing of “The Visionary” by Edgar Allan Poe, his first contribution to a national magazine.