| 词条 | Helen Valentine |
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| name = Helen Valentine | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1893 | birth_place = Manhattan | birth_name = Helen Rose Lachman | death_date = {{death year and age|1986|1893}} | death_place = | residence = Miami, Florida | nationality = United States | education = | occupation = magazine editor | known_for = founder of Seventeen | religion = | networth = | spouse = Herbert Valentine | parents = Bertha Kahn Lachman Gustave Lachman | children = Barbara Valentine Hertz Barry Valentine | family = Sam Kass (greatgrandson) | website = }}Helen Valentine (1893-1986) was the founder and editor in chief of Seventeen and Charm magazines.[1] BiographyBorn Helen Rose Lachman in Manhattan,[2] she was the only child of German Jewish immigrants.[3][4] Her father Gustave was an accountant and her mother Bertha (née Kahn) was a homemaker.[3] Although she attended temple with her mother and went to Jewish Sunday school, her family also celebrated Christmas.[3] She graduated from the Ethical Culture School and Barnard College.[2] After school, she worked in the magazine industry.[5] In 1944, while serving as promotion director for Mademoiselle magazine at Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications, she was asked by Annenberg to help revive a movie magazine.[2] Although the concept of "teenager" as a distinct demographic segment of the population was a relatively new idea at that time,[5] Valentine instead proposed a magazine for teen-age girls.[2] Noticing the wide popularity of a King Features Syndicate comic strip by cartoonist Hilda Terry that focused on the trials and tribulations of a typical teenager's life entitled Teena which began running in July 1944,[5] Valentine convinced Annenberg that teenage girls needed a magazine of their own and that the then unserved demographic had the potential to become an important and lucrative new consumer market segment[5] stating that "It was time to treat children as adults."[2] The magazine was launched in September 1944[5] and within a year, Seventeen had a circulation of a million.[2] Seventeen is credited with creating a teen market for clothing manufacturers and other industries.[2] In 1950, she accepted a job with Street & Smith to revamp a fading fashion magazine called Charm which she re-configured into the country's first magazine for working women[2] (Charm was eventually merged into Glamour magazine after being bought by Conde Nast Publications).[2] In 1958, she was hired by Good Housekeeping magazine to write a column, Young Wife's World where she remained until she retired in 1963.[2] Personal lifeValentine was married to banker Herbert Valentine (died 1978).[2][6] She had two children: Barbara Valentine Hertz and Barry Valentine.[2][7] Her granddaughter, Valentine Hertz Kass[3] was one of the first women Producer/Directors at KQED in San Francisco, the first Director of the Navy Pier IMAX Theater, and the Founding Director of the American Children’s Television Festival.[8][9] Her great-grandson, Sam Kass, served as Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor For Nutrition Policy.[10] References1. ^Sun Sentinel: "Helen Valentine, Former Editor" November 16, 1986 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite news|last=Ennis|first=Thomas W.|title=Helen Valentine, 93; Founded Seventeen, Editor of Magazines|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/obituaries/helen-valentine-93-founded-seventeen-editor-of-magazines.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 15, 1986|access-date=April 20, 2017}} 3. ^1 2 3 Massoni, Kelley [https://books.google.com/books?id=xTrIDGiFG8wC&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=valentine27&f=false Bringing Up "baby": The Birth and Early Development of "Seventeen" Magazine] 2007 4. ^Women's Studies Librarian's Office: "Archival Resources on the HIstory of Jewish Women in America" retrieved July 6, 2014. 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal|last=Massoni |first=Kelley |title='Teena Goes to Market': Seventeen Magazine and the Early Construction of the Teen Girl (As) Consumer |journal=The Journal of American Culture |date=March 2006 |volume=29, Number 1 |issue=Theme Issue |url=http://sites.duke.edu/bodymarket/2010/03/01/files/2009/12/Massoni-Seventeen-Magazine.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161925/http://sites.duke.edu/bodymarket/2010/03/01/files/2009/12/Massoni-Seventeen-Magazine.pdf |archivedate=2014-07-14 |df= }} 6. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/02/06/118258137.pdf New York Times: "Miss Lachman Marries H. Valentine at Home Instead of at St. Regis"] February 06, 1920 7. ^New York Times: "David Hertz Obituary" July 6, 2014 8. ^8th World Conference of Science Journalists: "Valentine Kass, Program Director Informal Science Education program, National Science Foundation, US - So you want to do science documentaries? Tips and tricks for journalists willing to tell their story in film" June 24, 2013 9. ^Friends Seminary: "Valentine Hertz Kass ’64" retrieved July 7, 2014 10. ^Chicago Sun Times: "Sam Kass, White House chef; exclusive interview" by Lynn Sweet November 8, 2009 External links{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Valentine, Helen}} 9 : 1893 births|1986 deaths|American magazine founders|American magazine editors|American people of German-Jewish descent|People from Manhattan|Barnard College alumni|Ethical Culture Fieldston School alumni|Journalists from New York City |
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