The Payne Fund
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The Payne Study and Experiment Fund was started in 1927 by Frances Payne Bolton to support a study of the influence of pulp fiction
on young women. Mrs. Bolton was a wealthy mother who was interested in education and started the fund because she was concerned about the media's influence on youth.
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
on young women. Mrs. Bolton was a wealthy mother who was interested in education and started the fund because she was concerned about the media's influence on youth.