Women's Own Essay
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Compare how Women are Represented in a Women's Own of 1952 and a Women's Own Magazine of 2007. Magazines have changed and progressed over time. They started out as political bulletins aimed solely at the literate, which were upper and middle classes. When the education act was introduced in 1870 you started getting penny magazines, which were cheap stories of interest aimed at all classes as most people were now literate. Magazines gained popularity in the early 20th century as niche marketing came about and magazines were printed for specific audiences with that audience's specific interests in mind, women's magazines were printed for women etc. As the market for magazines grew publishing companies were founded, one of them IPC (International Publishing Corporation Ltd). IPC was formed in 1963 following the merger of the UK's three leading magazine publishers - George Newnes, Odhams Press and Fleetway Publications each having been established in...

