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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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But Godey tries to whip up extra credibility by introducing each new twist in the drama with a flourish of fact-filled three-by-five cards.

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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

Maybe not, but Godey is going to tell you.

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

One night, when Pierre Radisson sat spinning his yarns of captivity with Iroquois to our attic neighbours, comes a rap at the door, and in walks Captain Godey of the English Embassy.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

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