Ladies' Home Journal

American women's magazine published from 1883 to 2016, one of the renowned "Seven Sisters" — a group of large-scale US periodicals specifically targeting "homemakers," married women with children. Ladies' Home Journal was based in Philadelphia and published by The Curtis Publishing Company between 1891 and 1968. LHJ became the first magazine in the USA to reach one million subscribers in 1903; it had the largest circulation among the "Sisters" for decades, only surpassed by McCall's in 1961. In 1968, Curtis sold the Journal to Downe Communications. The magazine changed owners several times, acquired in '82 by Family Media Inc., publishers of Health magazine. In 1986, the Meredith Corporation purchased Ladies' Home Journal, remaining its final publisher. The readership declined steeply throughout the 1990s, forcing the editorial team to switch to quarterly issues; LHJ closed in 2016. Out of "Seven Sisters," which was named after a group of prestigious liberal arts women's colleges in the Northeast, only three magazines are still currently in print: Good Housekeeping (since 1885) Better Homes & Gardens (since 1922) Woman's Day (since 1931) McCall's (1873—2002) Redbook (1903—2019) Family Circle (1932—2019)