Josepha Hale Research Paper

During the nineteenth century Godey’s Lady’s Book was perhaps the most popular magazine of its time. The magazine included articles on fashion, health, architecture, beauty, gardening and cooking and emphasized that women’s place was in the home, but it also played a large role in the promotion of women's education. In 1836, Sarah Josepha Hale became the editor of the popular magazine. While Hale maintained that a woman’s place was in the home, she also had progressive ideas about women’s education. Hale saw women as possessing moral superiority and she saw education as a way to advance women’s moral