The Vegetarian Magazine
 The Vegetarian Magazine, 1905 | |
| Categories | Diet and Lifestyle |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1900 |
| Final issue | 1934 |
| Company | The Vegetarian Company |
| Country | USA |
| Based in | Chicago, Idaho |
| Language | English |
The Vegetarian Magazine was an American magazine dedicated to vegetarianism that was published from 1900 to 1934 and was the official organ of several organizations including the Vegetarian Society of America. During the early 20th-century the magazine was also known for its support of women's suffrage.[1][2] The magazine advertised itself as standing for "a cleaner body, a healthier mentality and a higher morality".[3]
History
[edit]In 1896, the Chicago Vegetarian Society published the Chicago Vegetarian magazine.[4] In 1900, it merged with the Vegetarian Society of America's Food, Home and Garden magazine to form The Vegetarian Magazine.[4]
The magazine had many name changes.[5] It was known as The Vegetarian and Our Fellow Creatures (1901-1903), The Vegetarian Magazine (1903-1925) published by The Vegetarian Company in Chicago, The Vegetarian Magazine and Fruitarian (1925-1926), The Vegetarian and Fruitarian (1926-1927), Vegetarian Magazine and Fruitarian (1920-1934).[4] The magazine was put on hold from May 1913 to January 1919.[6]
The magazine was considered the official organ of the Chicago Vegetarian Society (1896-1899), Vegetarian Society of America (1900-1925) and The National Vegetarian Society (1926-1934). The Vegetarian Company in Chicago published the magazine up until 1919 and featured advertisements for vegetarian restaurants.[7] It was published by Jean Roberts Albert in Idaho from 1920.[6] Albert was also its editor who walked miles to her job and worked on the magazine in evenings to pay for its printing.[6] Albert died in 1937 from sun stroke.[8]
Women's suffrage
[edit]Up until the 20th-century the magazine rarely mentioned Women's suffrage.[9] However, by 1910 it was advertising itself as a magazine for women and a "promulgator of Woman suffrage".[1]
Legacy
[edit]The Kansas Historical Society has a large collection of magazine volumes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "A Woman's Magazine By A Woman, For Women". The General Federation Bulletin. 7 (9): 30. 1910.
- ^ Armstrong, David (1991). The Great American Medicine Show: Being an Illustrated History of Hucksters, Healers, Health Evangelists, and Heroes from Plymouth Rock to the Present. Prentice Hall. p. 65. ISBN 978-0133640274.
- ^ "Become A Vegetarian". The Animals' Defender. 7 (2): 2. 1902.
- ^ a b c d Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2022). History of Vegetarianism and Veganism Worldwide (1430 BCE to 1969). Soyinfo Center. p. 511. ISBN 978-1948436731.
- ^ Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Greenwood. p. 180. ISBN 978-0313375569.
- ^ a b c Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko (2022). History of Vegetarianism and Veganism Worldwide (1430 BCE to 1969). Soyinfo Center. p. 649. ISBN 978-1948436731.
- ^ Malooley, Jake (2018). "Chicago's Forgotten Vegetarian Past—and the Woman Who Wants Us to Remember". Bon Appétit. Archived from the original on January 11, 2025.
- ^ "Jean Roberts Albert". The Starry Cross. 45: 26.
- ^ Shprintzen, Adam D. (2013). The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921. University of North Carolina Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1469608914.