Journal was the first American magazine
to mention venereal disease,
which is one indication of the strength of his convictions about keeping the public informed about issues that might affect their families. Bok, the son of poor immigrants from the Netherlands, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography,
The Americanization ofEdward Bok.
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FRANK A. MUNSEY Frank Munsey (1854-1925) was a master of media consolidation and mergers. In addition to his
newspaper- publishing career, he published America’s first inexpensive (10 cents per copy) general circulation, illustrated magazine,
Munsey’sMagazine. At his death in 1925, he leftmost of his $40 million (more than $412 million in today’s dollars) to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York City.
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