The Woman's Viewpoint was a woman's magazine founded in Texas in 1923 and published by Florence M. Sterling. The magazine was progressive and ran from 1923 to 1927.[1]
| Frequency | weekly, semi monthly, monthly |
|---|---|
| Founder | 1923 |
| First issue | December 1923 |
| Final issue | 1927 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Texas |
History
editSterling founded the Woman's Viewpoint in Houston,[2] and was the owner.[3] She quit her position at the Humble Oil Company in order to devote herself to the magazine full-time.[4] The Woman's Viewpoint had an all-female staff and began publication as a weekly serial in December 1923.[5] The editorial staff members included Ola Harris Beaubien, Katherine Allen Lively and Mrs. Eric Tarrant Davis.[3]
Regular columns and features of the magazine were meant to be of interest to women and included advice on caring for children, fashion, a shopping guide, health and beauty advice and entertainment columns.[2] Other articles were political in nature and encouraged women to vote.[5] It was important to Sterling that women had a voice, saying, "No man on earth can give a woman's viewpoint."[3] Dorothy Scarborough's autobiographical novel, The Unfair Sex, was published as a serial in the Woman's Viewpoint.[6] Grace Coolidge, then First Lady of the United States, also contributed an article in 1925.[7]
The magazine later became published semi-monthly and then monthly, with an increase of pages from 22 to 90.[8] Sterling moved the magazine to Albany in March 1926.[8]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Walsh, Kelli Cardenas (2015). "Oveta Culp Hobby". In Turner, Elizabeth Hayes; Cole, Stephanie; Sharpless, Rebecca (eds.). Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives. University of Georgia Press. pp. 321. ISBN 9780820337449.
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- ^ a b Dickey 1970, p. 94.
- ^ a b c "Woman's Viewpoint Beyond Man's Power". The Thresher. Vol. 9, no. 18 (1 ed.). 8 February 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1926). New Encyclopedia of Texas. Vol. 2. Texas Development Bureau.
- ^ a b McArthur, Judith N. (15 June 2010). "Sterling, Florence M." Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ^ Grider, Sylvia Ann (2000). "Dorothy Scarborough". In Champion, Laurie (ed.). American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 309. ISBN 0313309434.
- ^ "The Woman's Viewpoint Corner". Galveston Daily News. 11 October 1925. Retrieved 12 April 2016 – via Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Dickey 1970, p. 95.
Sources
edit- Dickey, Imogene Bentley (1970). Early Literary Magazines of Texas. Austin, Texas: Steck-Vaughn Co. ISBN 0811477177.
External links
edit- Woman's Viewpoint, Volume 1
- Woman's Viewpoint, Volume 2