Introduction

Denise H. Sutton

A chapter in Globalizing Ideal Beauty, 2009, pp 1-13 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The women I write about in this book were pioneers in the advertising industry. They entered the business world at a time when neither the major business schools in the United States nor the business world accepted women. Many of these women considered themselves feminists: They marched in suffrage parades and had previous careers at major suffrage organizations. They had careers in social work and were part of a progressive urban reform movement, advocating for the poor. Others had careers in publishing and public relations. They were all angling for bigger and better jobs. But once they entered the world of advertising, they promoted the same stereotypical imagery of women that many of them fought against in former careers. Through their wildly successful ad campaigns, these ad women contributed to an image and concept of ideal beauty that traveled beyond the borders of the United States. This is a complicated story because even though they made certain compromises, these women had not given up their feminist goals. They were struggling for their own share of the market in an emerging media—their own place in a business world dominated by men. And in the process, they made a lot of money for the J. Walter Thompson (JWT) Company.

Keywords: International Expansion; Editorial Department; Consumer Culture; Advertising Strategy; Advertising Agency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230100435_1

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