Edward W. Bok

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Edward W. Bok was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his long tenure as editor of the Ladies' Home Journal and his influential work in social and cultural reform.

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Edward W. Bok canonical 8
Edward William Bok 1

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instanceOf editor ⓘ
immigrant ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
birthDate 1863-10-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Den Helder, Netherlands ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1930-01-09 ⓘ
employer Ladies' Home Journal ⓘ
endTime 1919 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch American ⓘ
familyName Bok ⓘ
fatherInLaw Cyrus H. K. Curtis ⓘ
founded Bok Tower Gardens ⓘ
fullName Edward William Bok ⓘ
linked to: Edward W. Bok
genre autobiography ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
immigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
immigrationYear 1870 ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of better housing and city planning ⓘ
campaigns against patent medicines and quack advertising ⓘ
influential editorials on public morals and social issues ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Progressive Era reform ⓘ
notableAchievement longtime editor of Ladies' Home Journal ⓘ
notableFor creation of Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, Florida ⓘ
cultural reform campaigns ⓘ
promotion of progressive domestic ideals ⓘ
social reform campaigns ⓘ
notableWork Successward ⓘ
The Americanization of Edward Bok ⓘ
The Man from Maine ⓘ
Twilight ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
magazine editor ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lake Wales, Florida, United States ⓘ
linked to: Lake Wales, Florida
positionHeld editor of Ladies' Home Journal ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
residence Mount Kisco, New York, United States ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
spouse Mary Louise Curtis ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
subjectOf Bok Tower Gardens National Historic Landmark designation ⓘ

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Mary Louise Curtis Bok → spouse → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Ladies’ Home Journal → notableEditor → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Philadelphia Award → foundedBy → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Bok Tower Gardens → founder → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Bok Tower Gardens → namedAfter → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Bok → hasNotableBearer → Edward W. Bok ⓘ
Edward W. Bok → fullName → Edward William Bok ⓘ
linked to: Edward W. Bok