Over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year, I completed a comprehensive capstone project as my senior thesis. Inspired by the courses I have taken at Endicott about media, culture, and representation; as well as my internship experience working for a public relations agency that works to uplift female entrepreneurs, I decided to culminate all of my interests. I dedicated my senior year to my capstone project about images of women in magazines throughout history.

This project was driven by the research I conducted through the literature review, which painted a picture of women and women’s magazines spanning from the 1800s to the early 2000s. However, there was a gap in the research which analyzed the modern woman and how she is represented through contemporary magazines.

I completed original research by reading, analyzing, and deciphering ten contemporary women’s magazines, both traditional print and digital natives publications.

Here you will find the entire digital report, created through Adobe Express.