Lane, Gertrude B. (1874–1941)
Lane, Gertrude B. (1874–1941)
American editor. Born Gertrude Battles Lane, Dec 21, 1874, in Saco, Maine; died Sept 25, 1941, in New York, NY; dau. of Eustace Lane (organist) and Ella (Battles) Lane; attended Simmons College.
Became managing editor (1909) and editor in chief (1912) of Woman's Home Companion, which was the leading US women's magazine by 1937; during approximately 3 decades there, shaped the magazine to meet needs of mothers and homemakers and had such contributors as Eleanor Roosevelt, Willa Cather, Pearl Buck, and Sinclair Lewis.
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