Anne Elizabeth McDowell (June 23, 1826 – September 30, 1901)[1] was the first American woman to edit and run a weekly newspaper composed and published solely by women.
However, unlike other newspapers such as The Lily and The Una, the Woman's Advocate was "produced exclusively by the joint-stock capital, energies, and industry of females."
The Women's Advocate was a weekly newspaper in Philadelphia started in January 1855 and was published until approximately 1860.
The paper was run completely by women, which means that from the articles in the front page up until the copy editing was all produced only by female employees.
[3] Lydia Jane Wheeler Peirson and Mary Vaughn were editors and contributors, and many others notable at that time such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Swisshelm, Susan B. Anthony, and Pauline Wright Davis supported the paper and recommended it as a source for women's rights.
[1] Later in her life, she established the McDowell Free Library for the women who worked at Wanamaker's department store.