Found an old stash of women’s magazines in a box at my mother’s house. Â Years ago, she put them in there to read when she had time….that was back in the 1980’s. Â It was fun to pull them out and take a look and realize we’ve come a long way, baby!
Ladies Home Journal, McCall’s, Redbook, Women’s Day and New Woman. Â Ladies Home Journal ceased monthly publication last year. Â McCall’s hasn’t been seen since 2001 when it turned into Rosie (remember when Rosie O’Donnell had a magazineand then stopped publication the following year. Â I can’t find anything about New Woman magazine except a couple of old copies for sale on eBay. Â Only Redbook and Women’s Day are still in regular publication.
How many had subscriptions to Columbia House? 11 tapes for a penny, how could you pass up that deal?
And the hairstyles? Â The start of the big hair era. Â I wore a curly perm hairstyle for years.
And all the cigarette ads–12 of them in one magazine, more than the make-up ads. Â All were like this one, giving the impression that smoking was cool. Â Do you see something missing from the ad? Â It wasn’t until 1984 that the Surgeon General’s warning about smoking was required to be placed on all magazine ads.
Hope you enjoyed this look back in time. Â Have you ever opened a box and found an interesting look at the past?
