Women’s History Month: Women in Advertising, Eliza Jane Nicholson
The first female publisher in U.S. history was Eliza Jane Nicholson. She ran the Daily Picayune from 76’-96’. And when we say that, we mean 1876-1896! Not only was the first female publisher, she owner the entire major newspaper. She moved to New Orleans to become a professional journalist and began working for the Daily Picayune, where she wrote under the name, Pearl Rivers.
The first female publisher in U.S. history was Eliza Jane Nicholson. She ran the Daily Picayune from 76’-96’. And when we say that, we mean 1876-1896! Not only was the first female publisher, she owned the entire major newspaper. She moved to New Orleans to become a professional journalist and began working for the Daily Picayune, where she wrote under the name, Pearl Rivers. It was here that she met her husband, Alva Holbrook, who was the owner of this paper. When she married him, the paper was in financial turmoil but after her husband passed and she took the lead, it became profitable once again! Interesting side note, Holbrook’s ex-wife attempted to murder Eliza but all to no avail. She fought for women to be hired at the paper and fostered equal pay. Quite a feat for someone of her time when these things were still quite taboo. We would like to celebrate her on this final day of Women’s History Month and all other women in all industries fighting to for women’s equality all over the world. Equality and freedom transcend time and geography!
National Malala Day 2022
We thought today we would take a break from all the data driven articles we’ve been writing and give a moment of appreciation to Malala Yousafzai. She was a women’s right’s activist in Pakistan and the youngest woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
We thought today we would take a break from all the data driven articles we’ve been writing and give a moment of appreciation to Malala Yousafzai. She was a women’s right’s activist in Pakistan and the youngest woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. As the daughter of a lower middle-class educator, she fought for woman’s right to education. She was educated by her father at home who was also an educational activist. Sadly, she was assassinated by the Taliban at the young age of 24 because of her activism efforts. Read more about Malala’s story and donate to the cause.
Friday Fave 7/8/22
We know we’ve been doing a lot of blogs lately on women. With women’s rights issues in American now how could we not? Sorry not sorry but we promise that next week we will switch it up for you. This week’s campaign favorite is on beer. The history of beer that is and how women were involved in bringing it to the United States. Without women there would be no beer! Let’s face it, without women there wouldn’t be a lot of things.
We know we’ve been doing a lot of blogs lately on women. With women’s rights issues in American now how could we not? Sorry not sorry but we promise that next week we will switch it up for you. This week’s campaign favorite is on beer. The history of beer that is and how women were involved in bringing it to the United States. Without women there would be no beer! Let’s face it, without women there wouldn’t be a lot of things. These “Ale Wives” ran the beer industry in the beginning. The infamous, Mary Lisle, began running a successful brewery in Philadelphia and was the first woman to do so. According to Miller Light, women only run 7.5% of the beer industry today. What’s going on ladies? Our hope is that this changes in the near future! But for now, let’s keep supporting the women that in the industry and thank them for bringing this delicious beverage into our lives. Shout out to Triple Bottom Brewing. This current Philly local, female owned & operated brewery, is keeping the Mary Lisle tradition alive. This advertisement was done by DDB Chicagoalongside Alma Agency.