Ladies' PagesBeginning in the late nineteenth century, mainstream magazines established ideal images of white female culture, while comparable African American periodicals were cast among the shadows. Noliwe M. Rookss Ladies Pages sheds light on the most influential African American womens magazinesRingwoods Afro American Journal of Fashion, Half Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, Tan Confessions, Essence, and O, the Oprah Magazineand their little known