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The targeting of women in tobacco advertising led to higher rates of smoking among women. In 1923 women only purchased 5% of cigarettes sold; in 1929 that percentage increased to 12%, in 1935 to 18.1%, peaking in 1965 at 33.3%, and remained at this level until 1977. [7]
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
The cost to men for a forty-word ad was twenty-five cents; women's ads (also limited to forty words) were free; additional words cost one cent per word for both men and women. Replies to ads were routed through the Matrimonial News offices. [7]: 7–13 By the 1890s, Matrimonial News was printing a large number of fake ads.
Women became targets in the late Georgian era, as magazine and newspaper ads introduced emphasized beauty products using nationwide product distribution, brand-name marketing, and the targeting of specific audiences. Upscale women were encouraged to move further up through more expensive fashions and cosmetics.
Up From the Footnote: A History of Women Journalists. (1977) Miller, Sally M. The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook. (1987) Mott, Frank Luther. American Journalism: A History of Newspapers in the United States, 1690–1960 (3rd ed. 1962). major reference source and interpretive history. Nord, David Paul.
Emily Anderson reads a tattered 1931 love letter that she found while helping her father, Mark Anderson, during a bathroom renovation at the Woodside Drive home of George and Debbie Farris in Akron.
Newspaper advertisement for women's dresses, Paris Dress Shoppe, Allentown PA, 1930. Summer fashion, 1930. Woman's dress, 1931. A collection of swimwear, Ladies Home Journal, 1932. Dutch actress Cissy van Bennekom and model Eva Waldschmidt, 1932. Actress Joan Crawford wearing a large ruffle-sleeved gown designed by Adrian in Letty Lynton, 1932
Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers. (1978). excerpt and text search; Sloan, W. David, James G. Stovall, and James D. Startt. The Media in America: A History, 4th ed. (1999) Streitmatter, Rodger. Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History (1997)online edition Archived 2009-02-20 at the ...