Dublin Core
Title
Marnie Ellingson, "The Real You," Ladies Home Journal, October 1954, 48.
Subject
romantic fiction
Description
Ellingson's romantic story dramatizes readers' anxieties about having the requisite beauty and personality traits to succeed in the marriage market. The story advises readers to seek advice from women's magazines; to value (but also be wary of) psychiatric expertise; and to practice proper beauty routines. Those habits, together with buying certain consumer goods (e.g., Jody's "magic slippers"), can make the young woman sufficiently enchanting to attract a desirable mate.
Creator
Holly Allen
Source
Ladies Home Journal, October 1954.