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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Example Sentences

I decided I would show Aunt Kitty my Godey’s Lady’s Book magazine when she returned, so she could see the latest fashion in bonnets.

From Literature

Who needed a fashion book like Godey’s when she had a dress like this one to wear?

From Literature

Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, founded in Philadelphia, agreed with Barringer’s take on ambrosia in 1870, but offered pineapple as a worthy alternative.

From Seattle Times

Sarah Hale, the author most famous for her children's poem "Mary had a Little Lamb," used her position as editor of the best-selling magazine Godey's Ladies Book to advance a reformist agenda that included the abolition of slavery and the creation of holidays that promoted pious family values.

From Salon

While trees sporadically adorned the homes of German immigrants in the U.S., it became a mainstream middle-class practice when, in 1850, Godey's published an engraving of Victoria and her Christmas tree.

From Salon