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*Gender & Sexuality Studies

Background

A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995 by Mary Ellen Zuckerman
PN 4879 .Z83 1998
Women's Periodicals in the United States by Kathleen L. Endres; Therese L. Lueck
Consumer magazines
PN 4879 .W6 1995
Women's Periodicals in the United States by Kathleen L. Endres; Therese L. Lueck
Social and political issues
PN 4879 .W614 1996
American Women's Magazines by Nancy K. Humphreys
See Research Staff about getting a copy from Bowdoin or Colby.
Sources on the History of Women's Magazines, 1792-1960 by Mary Ellen Zuckerman
See Research Staff about getting a copy from Colby.

Collections of Full-Text Magazines

Women's Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Includes Better Homes and Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, Redbook, Seventeen, and Woman's Day.
Includes Better Homes and Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, Redbook, Seventeen, and Woman's Day.
American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
Includes some early women's journals

Open Collections Program: Women Working, Magazines
Particularly good for Woman's Home Companion, 1899 - 1921

The following collections can be searched individually, or in the American Antiquarian Society Periodicals database.

Selected magazines by title

Vogue Archive (1892 - present) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1892-present

Redbook
Nov 1903 - Dec 2005
Seventeen
Sep 1944 - Dec 2005
Cosmopolitan
Apr 1925 - Dec 2005
Ladies Home Journal
Dec 1884 - Dec 2005
Godey's Magazine
1836 - 1898
Harper's Bazaar
1867 - 1912