Vintage issues of "the magazine for career girls and homemakers of tomorrow"

Co-ed issue from September 1959:

Co-ed issue from October 1959:

Co-ed issue from December 1959:

Co-ed issue from January 1961:

I'd never heard of Co-ed magazine until my husband came home with a few copies he'd found at a used book store. A Google search brought me to a contemporary and entirely different Coed magazine which looks to be targeting oversexed frat boys.

Here's a hopelessly dated cartoon from the September 1959 issue (click the image to enlarge it):

Click here to see some knitting magazine covers from the same era.

Comments

[Bela]

What a find! Too bad there's not more information about this magazine online.

I don't get the joke in the cartoon. I guess it's funny for a girl to choose her major based on the likelihood she would be able to attract a mate? That also sounds like a rather high statistic for any field of study. I'm probably totally missing the point.

[silver]

Totally blown away by the design of the second cover and the concept of the third one - are those amazing things seriously just wrapped presents? As in, rip it off and throw it away? They look sooo beautiful (my eye was especially caught by the "drum") - I would love to see the whole article! Thanks again so much for all the incredible things you share on here :)

[Abusedpancake]

i think bela here doesnt really know that "majoring in home economics" means that one will be a perfect house wife.
that is why 99% of those who major in this will get married: men will simply love a woman who can be a perfect house wife aka be able to clean, cook and all the nice stuff ¬.¬

[Iris]

So right, Abusedpancake!
I dare to say the cartoon looks pretty cynical and was way ahead of it's time.

[Bipul D.]

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[Gail James]

I have a bunch of these...any idea what I should do with them?