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''Godey's Lady's Book'', alternatively known as ''Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book'', was a United States magazine that was published in Philadelphia. It was the most widely circulated magazine in the period before the Civil War.〔Rose, Anne C. (2004). (''Voices of the Marketplace: American Thought and Culture, 1830–1860'' ). New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, p. 75, ISBN 978-0-7425-3262-5.〕 Its circulation rose from 70,000 in the 1840s to 150,000 in 1860.〔Fackler, Mark; Lippy, Charles H. (1995). ''Popular religious magazines of the United States''. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, p. 241, ISBN 978-0-313-28533-2.〕 In the 1860s ''Godey's'' considered itself the "queen of monthlies". ==Overview== The magazine was published by Louis A. Godey from Philadelphia for 48 years (1830–1878).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_womens_magazines )〕 Godey intended to take advantage of the popularity of gift books, many of which were marketed specifically to women.〔Pattee, Fred Lewis. ''The First Century of American Literature: 1770–1870''. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1966: 392.〕 Each issue contained poetry, articles, and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time. Sarah Josepha Hale (author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb") was its editor from 1837 until 1877 and only published original, American manuscripts. Although the magazine was read and contained work by both men and women,〔Matthews, Glenna. ''"Just a Housewife": The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 42–43, ISBN 978-0-19-503859-0.〕 Hale published three special issues that only included work done by women. When Hale started at ''Godey's'', the magazine had a circulation of ten thousand subscribers. Two years later, it jumped to 40,000 and by 1860 had 150,000 subscribers.〔Parker, Gail Underwood. ''More Than Petticoats: Remarkable New Hampshire Women''. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot, 2009: 32. ISBN 978-0-7627-4002-4〕 In 1845, Louis Godey began copyrighting each issue of the magazine to prevent other magazine and newspaper editors from pirating their texts. This move, a first in America, was criticized by editors at the ''Baltimore Saturday Visiter''. They called it a "narrowly selfish course" and that Godey would "rue it bitterly".〔Moss, Sidney P. ''Poe's Literary Battles: The Critic in the Context of His Literary Milieu''. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1962: 23.〕 The magazine was expensive; subscribers paid $3 per year (for comparison, ''The Saturday Evening Post'' was only $2 per year).〔Oberholtzer, Ellis Paxson. ''The Literary History of Philadelphia''. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1906: 239.〕 Even so, it was the most popular journal in its day.〔Reynolds, David F. "Poe's Art of Transformation: 'The Cask of Amontillado' in Its Cultural Context," as collected in ''The American Novel: New Essays on Poe's Major Tales'', Kenneth Silverman, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1993: 101. ISBN 0-521-42243-4〕 Under Hale's editorship, the list of subscribers to ''Godey's'' reached 150,000.〔Pattee, Fred Lewis. ''The First Century of American Literature: 1770–1870''. New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1966: 495.〕 Hale took advantage of her role and became influential as an arbiter of American taste.〔Douglas, Ann. ''The Feminization of American Culture''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977: 94. ISBN 0-394-40532-3〕 She used some of her influence to further several causes for women. For example, she created a regular section with the heading "Employment for Women" beginning in 1852 to discuss women in the workforce.〔O'Connor, Thomas H. ''Civil War Boston: Home Front and Battlefield''. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997: 8. ISBN 1-55553-318-3〕 In general, Godey disliked discussing political issues or controversial topics in his magazine. In the 1850s, he dismissed Sara Jane Lippincott ("Grace Greenwood") as assistant editor for denouncing slavery in the ''National Era''. Lippincott publicly denounced Godey in response and Godey later recanted.〔Bradley, Patricia. ''Women and the Press: The Struggle for Equality''. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2005: 30. ISBN 978-0-8101-2313-7〕 Nevertheless, he forbade his journal from taking a position during the American Civil War. In fact, during the war, the magazine made no acknowledgment of it whatsoever and readers looked elsewhere for war-related information. In the process, ''Godey's'' lost about one-third of its subscribers.〔 Godey sold the magazine in 1877 to John Hill Seyes Haulenbeek 〔Haulenbeek family history〕 before his death in 1878.〔 The magazine ceased publication with the death of Haulenbeek in 1878.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Godey's Lady's Book」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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