Magazines | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/magazines/RSS feed for MagazinesenThu, 26 Feb 2026 14:11:09 +0000How to Fit 250 Years of American History and Culture Into One Maphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-to-fit-250-years-of-american-history-and-culture-into-one-map-180988259/Smithsonian magazine explores some of the many ways to celebrate the nation and looks back at how previous big birthdays were commemorated amid domestic turmoilThu, 26 Feb 2026 14:11:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-to-fit-250-years-of-american-history-and-culture-into-one-map-180988259/A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author's Twist on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/Written in 1882, "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True," covered many of the same themes as Dickens' classic, albeit with a different audience in mindWed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-forgotten-louisa-may-alcott-story-showcases-the-authors-twist-on-charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-180987898/The First Magazines Written for Career Women Reveal a Portrait of Immense Creativity and Hopehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/first-magazines-written-for-career-women-reveal-portrait-immense-creativity-hope-180987174/Publications including "Mademoiselle," "Glamour" and the long-forgotten "Charm" first emerged in the 1930s to satisfy an emergent force in the workplaceTue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/first-magazines-written-for-career-women-reveal-portrait-immense-creativity-hope-180987174/The Daring 19th-Century Reformers Who Sought to End Prostitution by Offering Financial and Emotional Support to Urban Sex Workershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-19th-century-reformers-who-sought-to-end-prostitution-by-offering-financial-and-emotional-support-to-urban-sex-workers-180986310/Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be held accountable for frequenting brothelsThu, 27 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daring-19th-century-reformers-who-sought-to-end-prostitution-by-offering-financial-and-emotional-support-to-urban-sex-workers-180986310/The Madcap History of Mad Magazine Will Unleash Your Inner Class Clownhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/madcap-history-mad-magazine-unleash-inner-class-clown-180985063/In a twist befitting its pages, the satirical, anti-establishment publication that delivered laughs and hijinks to generations of young readers gets the respect it always deserved with a new museum exhibitionTue, 17 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/madcap-history-mad-magazine-unleash-inner-class-clown-180985063/Who Was 'Lisa Ben,' the Woman Behind the U.S.'s First Lesbian Magazine?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-lisa-ben-the-woman-behind-the-uss-first-lesbian-magazine-180984596/Edythe Eyde published nine issues of "Vice Versa" between June 1947 and February 1948. She later adopted a pen name that doubled as an anagram for "lesbian"Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-lisa-ben-the-woman-behind-the-uss-first-lesbian-magazine-180984596/Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Groundhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/martha-gellhorn-was-the-only-woman-to-report-on-the-d-day-landings-from-the-ground-180984456/In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of NormandyTue, 04 Jun 2024 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/martha-gellhorn-was-the-only-woman-to-report-on-the-d-day-landings-from-the-ground-180984456/Why a New Portrait of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Is So Controversialhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-new-portrait-catherine-princess-wales-so-controversial-180984409/For the second time this month, a painting of a British royal is garnering backlashThu, 23 May 2024 19:29:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-new-portrait-catherine-princess-wales-so-controversial-180984409/Arthur Conan Doyle Agreed to Write 'The Sign of the Four' at a Fateful Dinner in 1889https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arthur-conan-doyles-handwritten-sherlock-holmes-manuscript-is-for-sale-180984101/The handwritten manuscript he produced is going to auction, where it could become the most expensive item associated with the mystery writer ever soldTue, 09 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/arthur-conan-doyles-handwritten-sherlock-holmes-manuscript-is-for-sale-180984101/World War II 'Rumor Clinics' Helped America Battle Wild Gossiphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/world-war-ii-rumor-clinics-helped-america-battle-wild-gossip-180983883/Newspapers and magazines across the United States published weekly columns debunking lurid claims that were detrimental to the war effortWed, 06 Mar 2024 14:35:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/world-war-ii-rumor-clinics-helped-america-battle-wild-gossip-180983883/