Lizzie Broadbent will be talking about ‘Women in Advertising Between the Wars’. In 1913, one of Britain’s women magazines told readers about the opportunities presented by this ‘new, vital and growing vocation’ and that year women working in the industry came together to form their own network. By 1931, women were running five of Britain’s largest agencies. Lizzie will introduce us to some of these pioneers and discuss why this sector offered so much opportunity a century ago.
