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Godey

American  
[goh-dee] / ˈgoʊ di /

noun

  1. Louis Antoine 1804–78, U.S. publisher: founded the first women's magazine in the U.S. 1830.


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Maybe not, but Godey is going to tell you.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plump, benign Louis A. Godey chatted monthly with his "fair readers," giving careful counsel and advice.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a correspondent asked the Publisher in Philadelphia on which side of a lady a gentleman should sit, Mr Godey advised the left, "for is it not closer to a lady's heart?"

From Time Magazine Archive

The success of Godey's Lady's Book was largely due to Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, who sold Godey her Ladies' Magazine in 1837 and became editrix of the combined publications.

From Time Magazine Archive

The remains were decently interred by Carson and Godey, and then they set about looking for the women.

From The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself by de Witt C. Peters

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