Gingrich, who wants to market the magazine nationally, said it would cover topics ranging from etiquette to finance, from children's health to religion.
A sampling of her story ideas:
``What does it mean to be a lady today?'' ``Single, politically interested and searching.'' ``Women and guns.'' ``The popularity and extraordinary success of Christian diet programs.'' ``What is the Women's National Basketball Association, and is it a victory for girls growing up today?''
Gingrich, 49, quit her job in April as an administrator in the state Public Welfare Department's Medicaid program to devote her energies full-time to the magazine.
She has talked to potential investors, established a 15-member board of advisers from around the country, and set spring as the target time for her first issue.
She has just begun distributing brochures to GOP and conservative groups about Today's Lady, and hopes to drum up support at a Christian leadership conference this week in Atlanta and at a conference of the National Federation of Republican Women later this month.
If successful, Gingrich would become the second of the speaker's half-sisters to gain a national voice. Candace Gingrich, a lesbian, became a vocal gay-rights advocate after her half-brother's elevation to speaker in 1995. She has appeared on television frequently and has written a memoir.
The idea for the magazine also arose in 1995, when Susan Gingrich wrote an article about her half-brother's first year as speaker and how it affected the Gingrich family.
``I tried to get it published, and none of the leading magazines wanted it,'' she said. ``It was a positive article about Newt and the Republicans.''
Upset by the lack of a forum, Susan Gingrich vowed to do something about it.
