The Girl's Own Paper

As with its male counterpart The Boy's Own Paper, the magazine was published by the Religious Tract Society (which subsequently became Lutterworth Press).

Judith Barger has produced a catalogue and discussed how the material reflected a gradual change in the perception of women's music making, from amateur accomplishment towards more professional roles.

Volumes 39 and 40 of 1917–18 were entitled The Girls Own Paper and Woman's Magazine; presumably the two publications were merged for economy purposes as a result of World War I.

pages, but they include Noel Streatfeild, Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), Angela Brazil, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Richmal Crompton, Fanny Fern, Baroness Orczy, and Norma Lorimer.

Subjects included Interesting Monuments of Distinguished Women (1889),[7] The Castle of Cleve and the 'Magic Swan' (1890),[8] The Largest Churches in Europe (1891),[9] Archeology for Girls (1895),[10] Typical Church Towers of English Counties (1895),[11] Old English Cottage Homes (1899),[12] and Site Base Support and Superstructure – Ancient and Modern Methods of Building (1901).

1886 masthead illustration, based on the sculpture The Spirit of Love and Truth by Joseph Edwards (1814-1882) [ 1 ]