Seventeen (American magazine): Difference between revisions

 

==''Seventeen''{{'s}} history==

 

After ''Seventeen'' was launched in New York City in September 1944,<ref>{{cite web|title=Magazines in Alphabetical Order|url=http://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_womens_magazines|work=Radcliffe Institute|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> Estelle Ellis Rubenstein, the magazine's promotion director, introduced advertisers to the life of teenaged girls through ''Teena'', selling advertising in ''Seventeen'' at the same time. From 1945 to 1946, the magazine surveyed teen girls to better understand the magazine's audience. The magazine became an important source of information to manufacturers seeking guidance on how to satisfy consumer demand among teenagers. Today, the magazine entertains and promotes self-confidence in young women.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Massoni|first=Kelley|title='Teena Goes to Market': ''Seventeen Magazine'' and the Early Construction of the Teen Girl (As) Consumer|journal=The Journal of American Culture|date=March 2006|volume=29, Number 1|issue=Theme Issue|url=http://web.wwcc.edu/jenniferboyden/files/2011/01/Teena-goes-to-Market.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904192358/http://web.wwcc.edu/jenniferboyden/files/2011/01/Teena-goes-to-Market.pdf|archive-date=2012-09-04}}</ref>