The '' or ''Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement'', was a
Fashion Magazine produced every month from 1770 until 1837 and cost six
Pence per copy. It was started in August 1770 by bookseller
John Coote and publisher
John Wheble . (This was by no means the first women's magazine, as ''
Lady's Mercury '' had been published in 1693.) From 1827 until 1836, its editor was
Sarah Hale .
See also,
List Of Women's Magazines ,