Papers, 1876-1960

Dorothy Dignam

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Dorothy Dignam, 1896-, early advertising writer, grew up in the Middle West. She worked in Europe in the 1920s on consumer relations and in the field of home appliances. Back in the United States she lived in Philadelphia during the depression of the 1930's, and worked in New York City during World War II. Her letters and diaries reflect the changing economic and social conditions, especially during the period 1920-1946. Her war diaries, 1941-1945, show action on the home front. ...

American Women's Voluntary Service

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Advertising Women of New York

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The Advertising Women of New York, Inc., founded in 1912 by Christine and J. George Frederick as the League of Advertising Women of New York, was the first club for women in advertising in America and one of the first in the world. Organized as an answer to discriminating men's clubs, the League's objectives were the further education in advertising of its members, and the encouragement of greater involvement of women in advertising. From the 1930s on, the club gave classes and awarded scholarsh...