The Farmer's Wife (women's magazine)

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The Farmer's Wife
The Farmer's Wife Magazine January 1, 1906 Front Cover.jpg
January 1, 1906 cover
Editor F.W. Beckman
Categories Women's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Total circulation
(1970)
1,00,000 [1]
Founded1897
Final issue1939 (independently); 1970 (combined into Farm Journal)
Company Webb Publishing Co.
CountryUSA
Based in St. Paul, Minnesota
LanguageEnglish

The Farmer's Wife was a monthly women's magazine published in St. Paul, Minnesota. [2]

First published in 1897 and ending as an independent publication in 1939, it offered advice about farming, housekeeping and cooking, also publishing fiction. At its peak, it had well over a million subscribers nationally. [1] [3]

The magazine was established by Webb Publishing Company, which was founded by Fargo, North Dakota newspaperman Edward A. Webb. The company moved to St Paul, Minnesota in 1890. The company continued to grow, eventually becoming one of the largest agricultural publishers in the United States. [4]

The Farmer's Wife was sold to Farm Journal in 1939. Their magazine was re-titled Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife (latter in smaller print) until 1945. It was then published as Farm Journal with a back section titled The Farmer's Wife until 1970. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mattson Lauters, Amy (2009). More than a Farmer's Wife: Voices of American Farm Women, 1910-1965. Columbus, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. p. 80. ISBN   9780826218520 . Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  2. Dregni, Michael. "Celebrating The Farmer's Wife Magazine". Whole Home News. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  3. Galligani Casey, Janet (2004). ""This is YOUR Magazine": Domesticity, Agrarianism, and The Farmer's Wife" . American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography. 14 (2): 179–211. doi:10.1353/amp.2004.0026. S2CID   145476272 . Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  4. "Webb Company". 2.mnhs.org. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved October 27, 2014.