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Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (October 9, 1863 – January 9, 1930) was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889–1919).
18. Apr. 2024 · Edward Bok (born October 9, 1863, Den Helder, Netherlands—died January 9, 1930, Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.) was an innovative American editor in the field of periodical journalism for women; during his 30-year stewardship of the Ladies’ Home Journal (1889–1919), he effected important reforms and helped shape contemporary ...
Bok was a champion of social causes, a pioneer in the field of public sex education, prenatal education and childcare, and an environmental activist in public health and the saving of Niagara Falls. Bok also had a great influence on American architecture.
23. Mai 2018 · Edward William Bok. A longtime editor of the influential magazine The Ladies' Home Journal, Edward W. Bok (1863-1930) embodied the ideals of Progressive Era America. Espousing free enterprise, civic responsibility, and the ideals of American womanhood, Bok was one of the best-known magazine editors of his day.
An immigrant from the Netherlands, journalist and social reformer Edward Bok emphasized the virtues of hard work and assimilation in his 1920 autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok, which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was reprinted in 60 editions over the next two decades.
The 1921Pulitzer Prize Winnerin Biography. For the best American biography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding, as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, One thousand dollars ($1,000). The Americanization of Edward Bok, by Edward Bok (Scribner)
Edward Bok. Subjects: Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930 ; Journalism ; American Peace Award. Edward Bok (1863-1930 ) was the influential editor of Ladies' Home Journal (1889-1919) and a strong supporter of Theodore Roosevelt’s.
