The cover of November 1910's Ladies Home Journal depicts a confident young woman looking directly at the viewer. She is available yet demure. She is a type created by Harrison Fisher, whose "Fisher Girl," became a recognizable ideal of female…
A new fictional feature entitled “The Girls I Knew,” by Emily Calvin Blake, debuted in Ladies Home Journal on September 1, 1910. The series follows impressionable Margaret and various friendships that influence her social, moral and sartorial…