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. The Association of Advertising Women was established in London in 1910.[1] This ceased at the end of the First World War and was followed by the Women's Advertising Club of London in 1923.[1] 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.[2] Other similar groups were started in other cities including the Women's Advertising Club of St. Louis (1916),[3] and the Women's Advertising Club of Chicago (1917).[4]

Other related organisations included the Women's Publicity Club of Boston which was founded in 1911 to campaign for truth in advertising.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 David Doughan, Peter Gordon, ed. (2014), Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825-1960, Routledge, pp. 17, 155, ISBN 9781136897702, ISSN 1462-2076
  2. ↑ Stephen R. Fox (1984), The Mirror Makers: A History of American Advertising and Its Creators, University of Illinois Press, pp. 285–287, ISBN 9780252066597
  3. ↑ Advertising Women Of St. Louis, Missouri (PDF), State Historical Society of Missouri, 1978
  4. ↑ "Women: Careers in Advertising", Advertising Age, 15 September 2003
  5. ↑ "Women Will Work for Truthful Advertising", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 10, 8 February 1912
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