Ms. Magazine Transformed Publishing After Its 1971 Launch, Making Women's Liberation Unavoidable
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Ms. Magazine Transformed Publishing After Its 1971 Launch, Making Women's Liberation Unavoidable
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 4
Summary
Launched in 1971, Ms. broke from women’s magazines centered on homemaking and marriage by putting liberation at the core of its editorial mission.
The publication — described as the first owned and operated by women — pushed abortion, domestic violence and equality into mainstream debate and reshaped a generation of women writers and publishers.
Gloria Steinem said in a 1973 BBC interview that Ms. differed by treating women as human beings, a stance she argued was still radical in magazine publishing.
That model still echoes as legacy titles such as Glamour, Marie Claire and Teen Vogue have cut print or faded, while newer outlets like The 19th cite Ms. as a direct influence.