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Lady's Book and Magazine.

American women's magazine published in Philadelphia. Founded in 1830 by Louis A. Godey, with Sarah Josepha Hale as editor since 1837. Was the most read magazine in the period before the Civil War. From 1840 to 1860 its circulation doubled. In 1896 the magazine ceased to exist.