Women's advertising club
A women's advertising club is an association for women who work in advertising. Such clubs were started in the US and UK in the early twentieth century after women had become established in the profession but were denied entry to male organisations. Some were originally founded by men as a way to entertain their wives during advertising conventions.
History
[edit]UK
[edit]The Association of Advertising Women was established in London in 1910[1] or 1913. Ethel Sayer was the president.[2] This ceased at the end of the World War I and was followed by the Women's Advertising Club of London in September 1923. The club was founded by three of the male members of the Thirty Club and it was intended to entertain women visitors, the following year, to the International Advertising Convention at Wembley.[3] The first president was Marion Jean Lyon of Punch magazine.[1] Three of the founding members were the sisters Florence Sangster and Margaret Sangster and their flat mate Kathleen Maclachlan. Both of the sisters were to be president and they became leading advertising executives before WW2.[4]
early Presidents
[edit]- Marion Jean Lyon in 1923
- Ethel Sayer in 1924
- Ethel Mary Wood in 1925[5]
- Florence Sangster in 1926
America
[edit]The League of Advertising Women was started in New York in 1912 by Christine Frederick and still exists as the Advertising Women of New York.[6] Other American clubs included the Women's Advertising Club of St. Louis (1916),[7] the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago (1917)[8] and the Women's Advertising Club of Toronto (1933).[9] Other related organisations included the Women's Publicity Club of Boston which was founded in 1911 to campaign for truth in advertising.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b David Doughan, Peter Gordon, ed. (2014), "Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825-1960", The Woburn Education Series, Routledge: 17, 155, ISBN 9781136897702, ISSN 1462-2076
- ^ Broadbent, Lizzie (2023-02-09), "Wilson [née Sayer], Ethel Maude (1876–1959), advertising manager and company director", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380811, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 2024-11-03
- ^ "Clubs Associations and Organisations | The Collections | History Of Advertising Trust". www.hatads.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Broadbent, Lizzie (2023-02-09), "Havinden [née Sangster; other married name Blair], Margaret Kirk (1895–1974), advertising executive", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380813, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 2024-11-02
- ^ B, Lizzie (2022-06-19). "Ethel M. Wood (1877-1970)". Women Who Meant Business. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Stephen R. Fox (1984), The Mirror Makers: A History of American Advertising and Its Creators, University of Illinois Press, pp. 285–287, ISBN 9780252066597
- ^ "Advertising Women of St. Louis Records" (PDF). State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ "Women: Careers in Advertising", Advertising Age, 15 September 2003
- ^ "Women's Advertising Club of Toronto (WACT) Fonds". City of Toronto Archives. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Women Will Work for Truthful Advertising", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 10, 8 February 1912
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