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| Name: |
Edward William Bok | | Birth Date: |
October 9, 1863 | | Death Date: |
January 9, 1930 | | Place of Birth: |
Helder, The Netherlands | | Place of Death: |
Lake Wales, Florida, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
editor, publisher |
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 Biography of Edward W. Bok
3,674 words, approx. 12 pages
 For three decades, Edward W. Bok filled the pages of the Ladies' Home Journal with sentimental verities--hard work, frugality, perseverance, honesty, common sense, service, and relentlessly congenial optimism--that helped forge an American middle-class... summary from source:
 Biography of Edward William Bok
1,888 words, approx. 6 pages
A longtime editor of the influential magazine The Ladies' Home Journal, Edward W. Bok (1863-1930) embodied the ideals of Progressive Era America. Espousing free enterprise, civic responsibility, and the ideals of American womanhood, Bok was one of the... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Bok, Edward (1863-1930) Summary
970 words, approx. 3 pages An immigrant from the Netherlands, journalist and social reformer Edward Bok emphasized the virtues of hard work and assimilation in his 1920 autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok, which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was reprinted... summary from source:
 Edward W. Bok Information
356 words, approx. 1 pages
Edward William Bok, American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born on October 9, 1863, in Den Helder, The Netherlands. At the age of six, he immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, USA, and became an office boy with the Western Union Telegraph...
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 Business History Review The Model Man: A Life of Edward William Bok, 1863-1930
07/01/2002: 1,076 words, approx. 4 pages The Model Man: A Life of Edward William Bok, 1863-1930. By Hans Krabbendam. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001. x + 278 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Paper, $47.00. ISBN 9-042-01495-4. The name Edward Bok is familiar to historians of magazine and consumer history as the commanding... summary from source:
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Edward W. Kross.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
09/17/2003: 320 words, approx. 1 pages Edward W. Kross of Elgin A memorial gathering open house for Edward W. Kross, 81, will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the American Legion, 820 N. Liberty St., Elgin. Please feel free to join his family...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Salme Hanju Steinberg
9,508 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, Steinberg details Bok's editorial policies, reform efforts, and influence over the readership of the Ladies' Home Journal.
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Critical Essay by Beth Dalia Snyder
6,415 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Snyder describes the creation of a female community in the pages of the Ladies' Home Journal while the periodical was under Bok's editorship.
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Critical Essay by David Shi
6,326 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Shi considers Bok's crusade in favor of simple living.
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