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''McCall's'' was a monthly American women's magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. It was established as a small-format magazine called ''The Queen'' in 1873. In 1897 it was renamed ''McCall's Magazine—The Queen of Fashion'' (later shortened to ''McCall's'') and subsequently grew in size to become a large-format glossy. It was one of the "Seven Sisters" group of women's service magazines. ''McCall's'' published fiction by such well-known authors as Alice Adams, Ray Bradbury, Gelett Burgess, Willa Cather, Jack Finney, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Barbara Garson, John Steinbeck, Tim O'Brien, Anne Tyler and Kurt Vonnegut. ==Features== From June 1949 until her death in November 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a ''McCall's'' column, "If You Ask Me". The former First Lady gave brief answers to questions sent in to the magazine.〔''McCall's'' 100th Anniversary Issue. April 1976.〕 Starting in May 1951, and lasting until at least 1995,〔The Bleu Door Betsy McCall Paper Doll Website, see External Links〕 Betsy McCall paper dolls were printed in most issues. Children could cut out the printed dolls and clothing, or for a small fee (10¢ in 1957, 25¢ in 1967) paper dolls printed on cardboard could be ordered. Betsy McCall became so popular that various sized vinyl dolls were produced by Ideal and American Character Dolls.〔''Twentieth Century Dolls From Bisque to Vinyl'', Johana Gast Anderton, 1974.〕 Another popular feature which ran for many years was the cartoon panel "It's All in the Family" by Stan and Jan Berenstain. A pair of pioneering female illustrators, Jesse Willcox Smith and Neysa McMein, drew dozens of ''McCall's'' cover portraits. Film critic Pauline Kael worked at ''McCall's'' from 1965 to 1966, and was reportedly fired after writing a highly unfavorable review of ''The Sound of Music''.〔"Pauline Kael, Provocative and Widely Imitated New Yorker Film Critic, Dies at 82", in the September 4, 2001 ''The New York Times''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McCall's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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