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The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, was an early British women's magazine published monthly from 1770 until 1847. Priced at sixpence per copy, it began publication in August 1770 by the London bookseller and the publisher John Wheble. It featured articles on fiction, poetry, fashion, music, and social gossip and was, according to the Victoria and Albert Museum, "the first woman's magazine to enjoy lasting success."

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  • The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, was an early British women's magazine published monthly from 1770 until 1847. Priced at sixpence per copy, it began publication in August 1770 by the London bookseller and the publisher John Wheble. It featured articles on fiction, poetry, fashion, music, and social gossip and was, according to the Victoria and Albert Museum, "the first woman's magazine to enjoy lasting success." The magazine claimed a readership of 16,000, a figure that has been considered high when contemporary literacy levels and underdeveloped printing technologies are taken into account. The Lady's Magazine dominated the market for most of its run, and led to imitations like the Lady's Monthly Museum and the . (en)
  • The Lady's Magazine var en engelsk damtidskrift som gavs ut mellan 1770 och 1847. Den tillhörde de första damtidningarna i världen, då den utgavs från den tid då allt fler tidningar började ges ut, och den dominerade helt sin marknad i Storbritannien fram till 1830. Den innehöll fiktion, poesi, musik, mode och skvaller. (sv)
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  • The Lady's Magazine var en engelsk damtidskrift som gavs ut mellan 1770 och 1847. Den tillhörde de första damtidningarna i världen, då den utgavs från den tid då allt fler tidningar började ges ut, och den dominerade helt sin marknad i Storbritannien fram till 1830. Den innehöll fiktion, poesi, musik, mode och skvaller. (sv)
  • The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, was an early British women's magazine published monthly from 1770 until 1847. Priced at sixpence per copy, it began publication in August 1770 by the London bookseller and the publisher John Wheble. It featured articles on fiction, poetry, fashion, music, and social gossip and was, according to the Victoria and Albert Museum, "the first woman's magazine to enjoy lasting success." (en)
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