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September 29, 2008

Exhibition chronicles the days when cover girls needed to be domestic goddesses

By Dominic wireposts

The Ladies’ Mercury, launched in 1693, was apparently the first British women’s magazine. A new exhibition at The Women’s Library in London called Between the Covers, opening in November, provides a fascinating chronicle of how women’s magazine covers have developed since then.

The FT Magazine has provided a preview of magazine covers mainly drawn from the 20th century – from the days when your cover girl needed to be carrying armfuls of freshly harvested wheat, or a tray of perfectly presented cupcakes.

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