Ms. (magazine)

Ms.
Ms. magazine cover, Fall 2007, 35th Anniversary issue featuring Wonder Woman
Executive EditorKatherine Spillar
CategoriesFeminism
FrequencyQuarterly
Circulation110,000[1][2]
PublisherLiberty Media for Women, LLC
First issueDecember 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12)[3]
CompanyFeminist Majority Foundation
CountryUnited States
Based inArlington County, Virginia, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Websitemsmagazine.com
ISSN0047-8318

Ms. is an American feminist magazine co-founded in 1971 by journalist and social/political activist Gloria Steinem.[4] It was the first national American feminist magazine.[5] The original editors were Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Mary Thom, Patricia Carbine, Joanne Edgar, Nina Finkelstein, Mary Peacock, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, and Gloria Steinem.[6] Beginning as a one-off insert in New York magazine in 1971,[7] the first stand-alone issue of Ms. appeared in January 1972, with funding from New York editor Clay Felker.[7] It was intended to appeal to a wide audience and featured articles about a variety of issues related to women and feminism. From July 1972 until 1987, it was published on a monthly basis. It now publishes quarterly.

At its peak in the 1970s, Ms. enjoyed great success but was not always able to reconcile its ideological concerns with commercial considerations. Since 2001, the magazine has been published by the Feminist Majority Foundation, based in Los Angeles and Arlington, Virginia.

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  4. ^ "An Oral History of 'Ms.' Magazine -- New York Magazine - Nymag". New York Magazine. October 28, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Baydo, Gerald (March 25, 1998). A topical history of the United States. Routledge. p. 423. ISBN 9780415164009. Retrieved January 7, 2014 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Collection: Ms. Magazine records | Smith College Finding Aids". findingaids.smith.edu. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Mclellan, Dennis (July 2, 2008). "Clay Felker, 82; editor of New York magazine led New Journalism charge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2008.