Bok, Edward (1863-1930)
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...
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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 t...
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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 ...
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In the following essay, Steinberg details Bok's editorial policies, reform efforts, and influence over the readership of the Ladies' Home Journal.
Edward Bok's personal qualiti...
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In the following essay, Shi considers Bok's crusade in favor of simple living.
For the thirty years between 1889 and 1919, Edward Bok and the magazine he edited—Ladies' Home Jo...
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In the following essay, Bromfield summarizes Bok's contributions as editor of the Ladies' Home Journal.
In 1889, Louisa Knapp, editor of Ladies' Home Journal since 1883 and wif...
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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.
… how much...
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Bok, Edward (1863-1930)
Edward William Bok
Edward W. Bok
Critical Essay by Salme Hanju Steinberg
