Woman's Viewpoint (magazine)

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Woman's Viewpoint
Frequencyweekly, semi monthly, monthly
Founder1923
First issueDecember 1923
Final issue1927
CountryUnited States
Based inTexas

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]

Contents

History

Sterling 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]

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Citations

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