Editing McCall's (section)

==Features==
From June 1949 until her death in November 1962, [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] wrote a ''McCall's'' column, "If You Ask Me". The former First Lady gave brief answers to questions sent into the magazine.<ref>''McCall's'' 100th Anniversary Issue. April 1976.</ref>

Starting in May 1951, and lasting until at least 1995,<ref>[http://www.thebleudoor.com/betsymccallhome.htm Betsy McCall Paper Dolls]</ref> Betsy McCall paper dolls were printed in most issues. Children could cut out the printed dolls and clothing, or for a small fee (10¢ in 1957, 25¢ in 1967) paper dolls printed on cardboard could be ordered. Betsy McCall became so popular that various sized vinyl dolls were produced by [[Ideal Toy Company|Ideal]] and [[American Character Doll Company|American Character Dolls]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Twentieth Century Dolls From Bisque to Vinyl|url=https://archive.org/details/moretwentiethcen02ande|url-access=registration|author=Johana Gast Anderton|date=1974}}</ref>

Another popular feature which ran for many years was the [[Gag cartoon|cartoon panel]] ''It's All in the Family'' by [[Stan and Jan Berenstain]].

A pair of pioneering female illustrators, [[Jessie Willcox Smith]] and [[Neysa McMein]], drew dozens of ''McCall's'' cover portraits.

Film critic [[Pauline Kael]] worked at ''McCall's'' from 1965 to 1966, and was reportedly fired after writing a highly unfavorable review of ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pauline Kael, Provocative and Widely Imitated New Yorker Film Critic, Dies at 82|date=September 4, 2001|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>