In 1922, the magazine The American Girl suggested selling what for fund-raising?
"at their local high school. In 1922, the Girl Scout magazine ""The American Girl"" suggested cookie sales as a fundraiser and provided a simple cookie recipe from a regional director for the Girl Scouts of Chicago. From 1933 to 1935, organized cookie sales grew, with troops in Philadelphia and New York City using the cookie selling model to develop the marketing and sales skills of their local troops. In 1933, Girl Scouts in Philadelphia organized the first official sale, selling homemade cookies at the windows of the Philadelphia Gas and Electric Company (PGE). In 1936 the national organization began licensing"
", decreasing to 20 cents (the average cost for a worker in Indonesia in 1992 according to apparel data. Her decreasing wages were published in the Dow Jones stock index. She bought flowers and bread, symbolically as food for body and soul, and to reveal the purchasing power of her wages. The installation, which was produced during this performance, was sold to Robert J. Shiffler's collection through auction at Christies. A part of the proceeds went to a foundation that worked for the rights of illegally entrenched textile workers, who were held, like slaves, in small factories in New York"
"sold for 10 cents each in run down candy stores and gas stations, circulating mainly among delinquent teenagers. Starting in 1932, Norman Pett drew a strip called ""Jane"" for the British ""Daily Mirror"" newspaper. The heroine would often find herself in awkward situations where she would lose her clothing for one reason or another. The strip was written to some extent for a military audience to boost the morale of troops away from home. Winston Churchill said that Jane was Britain's ""secret weapon"". In the United States, pulp magazines such as Harry Donenfeld's ""Spicy Detective"" featured comics on heroines who"
"way to raise money for the society's work. Maria and her sister Anne were chief organizers of the fairs, which were popular Boston social events. The fairs organizers raised thousands of dollars a year by selling things such as ""ladies' aprons, cloaks, cuffs, bags, purses,"" ""knitted quilts,"" ""inkstands,"" ""Ohio cheese,"" and ""dolls in hundreds of every size, price, material, and costume."" In 1839 these items were joined by ""The Liberty Bell"", modeled after the fashionable and popular gift books of the time. The book was sold to fair attendees and given without cost to the fair workers, as an acknowledgement"
"a variety of these dolls to sell in the doll hospital, priced at $1.98 apiece, thus rescuing the family's livelihood. She and her sisters continued producing cloth dolls after the war ended. In 1923, with a $1,600 loan, she established the Alexander Doll Company in a one-room studio, employing her sisters and neighbors, a total of 16 people. In the mid-1920s, she entreated her husband to quit his job and become the company manager, threatening him with divorce if he refused. Later that decade, she acquired a $5,000 loan to move the business to a storefront. In 1936, ""Fortune"" magazine"
"in a selling competition for young women. The Association sold coins through other means. They asked companies to purchase them: the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad [B&O], the Southern Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, the Coca-Cola Company, and a number of banks, purchased thousands of pieces, many of which were given away as promotions. Those outside the South could obtain coins by orders passed through local banks. A bank in St. Louis gave away the half dollars to those who opened an account with at least $5; the B&O used them in making change. The Association called an end to the Harvest"
"United States, she undertook an exhausting lecture tour in 1928 and 1929. Meanwhile, Putnam had undertaken to heavily promote her in a campaign that included publishing a book she authored, a series of new lecture tours and using pictures of her in mass market endorsements for products including luggage, Lucky Strike cigarettes (this caused image problems for her, with ""McCall's"" magazine retracting an offer) and women's clothing and sportswear. The money that she made with ""Lucky Strike"" had been earmarked for a $1,500 donation to Commander Richard Byrd's imminent South Pole expedition. The marketing campaign by both Earhart and Putnam"
"until the 1920s, were not typically accepted in American society because of their association with prostitution, became, for the first time, extremely popular. In the 1920s new magazines appealed to young German women with a sensuous image and advertisements for the appropriate clothes and accessories they would want to purchase. The glossy pages of ""Die Dame"" and ""Das Blatt der Hausfrau"" displayed the ""Neue Frauen,"" ""New Girl"" - what Americans called the flapper. She was young and fashionable, financially independent, and was an eager consumer of the latest fashions. The magazines kept her up to date on fashion, arts, sports,"
"would want to purchase. The glossy pages of ""Die Dame"" and ""Das Blatt der Hausfrau"" displayed the ""Girl""—the flapper. She was young and fashionable, financially independent, and was an eager consumer of the latest fashions. The magazines kept her up to date on fashion, arts, sports, and modern technology such as automobiles and telephones. Even though many young women in the 1920s saw flappers as the symbol of a brighter future, some also questioned the flappers' more extreme behavior. Therefore, in 1923, the magazine began asking for true stories from its readers for a new column called ""Confessions of a"
"Girl was uniquely American compared to European standards of style. She was an ideal: youthful, feminist, strong and a truly modern woman. Gibson emphasized that any women can be represented as a Gibson Girl, both those in the middle and the upper class. Minnie Clark, known as ""the original Gibson Girl"", was a model for Gibson and could portray any type of women needed for his illustration. Gibson drew with characteristic grace women all of races and classes so that any woman could feel that they, too, could be a graceful Gibson Girl. In 1922, a small-circulation magazine – ""The"
"to try to stop footballers looking at women as objects as nothing other than sexual desire or bits of meat and flesh... It's kind of like they are undoing all the work that was done earlier in the season."" Faine's colleague Virginia Trioli disagreed, saying that ""They are powerful, individual, attractive, strong women who want to look nice."" Twigley donated the dress to national children's charity TLC for Kids. The dress was auctioned off in October 2004, going for A$23,000. TLC later rejected the winning bid when it discovered the buyer had links to adult dating agency RedHotPie. The charity"
"a wide variety of objects, including pitchers, vases, inkwells, plates, bowls, and even lamps. The Saturday Girls regularly staged theatricals, operettas, recitals, and folk dancing exhibitions, to raise additional funds for the pottery. Helen personally instructed the girls in the art of folk dancing. Their performances were attended by leading Boston philanthropists and patrons of the arts, among them Isabella Stewart Gardner. While their productions met with great success, the girls often resented the supercilious attitude of their wealthy benefactors. As previously stated, in the early 20th century many wealthy Americans, including some supporters of the Saturday Girls Club, viewed"
"it is. In the 1930s the speculation of the 1920s caught up with reality resulting in the Great Depression. Of course this created additional opportunities for philanthropy and social service, but the cost of club work and the members’ financial conditions were also of concern. The Atlanta Woman's Club members were thrifty and managed to continue to work on a wide variety of projects. They worked to widen the outlet for Georgia Farm goods by staging an exposition of Georgia grown products at the Atlanta city auditorium and sponsored plant sales at the farmers market to help women from rural"
"of their former covers, reproduced in miniature form (one for each year from 1926 to 50). Three of Martin's made it onto this silver jubilee edition. Their issued dates were Oct. 1928, Aug. 1929 and Oct. 1930. He therefore (in essence) won the coveted ""Cover of the Year"" award for 1928, 29 & 30. The following list contains thirty-seven known credits, from consumer (not trade) magazines. It includes three from September 1925. ● The American Girl (1917–1979): 10-1931. ● Collier's (1888–Jan.1957): 5-26-1923, 2-2-1924 ""(pictured right)"", 6-28-1924, 10-25-1924 ""(pictured above)"", 11-22-1924, 12-27-1924, 5-2-1925, 5-30-1925, 6-27-1925, 7-4-1925, 7-25-1925, 9-19-1925, 10-31-1925, 1-16-1926, 2-13-1926,"
"1925 and Chairman of the National Board of Directors from 1925 to 1928. During World War I and World War II, girls involved in Scouts helped the Allied forces by selling defense bonds, growing victory gardens, and collecting waste fat and scrap iron. Girl Scouts also spread their values into their communities through community service projects such as soup kitchens and food drives. Over twenty of NASA's career astronauts were former Girl Scouts. The first American woman to spacewalk was a former Girl Scout, Dr. Kathryn Sullivan. From 1917 until 1979 Girl Scouts published a magazine, originally called ""The Rally"""
"and ""girlie"" cartoons but was most famous for its ""Vargas girls"". Prior to World War II they were praised for their beauty and less focus was on their sexuality. However, during the war, the drawings transformed into women playing dress-up in military drag and drawn in seductive manners, like that of a child playing with a doll. The Vargas girls became so popular that from 1942–46, owing to a high volume of military demand, ""9 million copies of the magazine-without adverts and free of charge was sent to American troops stationed overseas and in domestic bases."" The Vargas Girls were"
"bank, suspended work on the pedestal. With the project in jeopardy, groups from other American cities, including Boston and Philadelphia, offered to pay the full cost of erecting the statue in return for relocating it. Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the ""New York World"", a New York newspaper, announced a drive to raise $100,000—the equivalent of $2.3 million today. Pulitzer pledged to print the name of every contributor, no matter how small the amount given. The drive captured the imagination of New Yorkers, especially when Pulitzer began publishing the notes he received from contributors. ""A young girl alone in the world"""
"Holy Cathedral Book Club of Chicago sponsored an autographed book party. That night, with such dignitaries as Carl Sandburg and Alvin C. York in attendance, a copy of ""Isabella, The Wise Goose"" sold for $800. Along with Isabella and other books, an original Abraham Lincoln letter and an autographed Rudyard Kipling book, sold to raise $283,000 in war bonds and stamps. Soon after, Emilie and her mythical goose, Isabella, was commissioned by the United States Government to sell war bonds. Isabella’s Victory Flight was launched in 1942. Stapp sold Isabella's war bonds through a letter writing campaign she conducted. Requests"
"the 1930s. Ideal Toy and Novelty Company in New York City negotiated a license for dolls with the company's first doll wearing the polka-dot dress from ""Stand Up and Cheer!"". Shirley Temple dolls realized $45 million in sales before 1941. A mug, a pitcher, and a cereal bowl in cobalt blue with a decal of the little actress were given away as a premium with Wheaties. Successful Shirley Temple items included a line of girls' dresses, accessories, soap, dishes, cutout books, sheet music, mirrors, paper tablets, and numerous other items. Before 1935 ended, the girl's income from licensed merchandise royalties"
"a temporary location was set up in Novi, Michigan a suburb of Detroit in Twelve Oaks Mall which closed on January 28th 2017. In July of 2017 a temporary location opened in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the Crabtree Valley Mall; to be opened until January 28, 2018. The ""American Girl"" magazine was run by the American Girl company. It was started by the Pleasant Company in Middleton, Wisconsin in 1992, with the first issue dated January 1993. Aimed towards girls ages 8-14, the bimonthly magazine included articles, recipes, advice columns, fiction, arts and crafts, and activity ideas. American Girl announced"
"wear pink jerseys that are auctioned-off at the end of the night. The game on February 2, 2008, every jersey sold for the maximum donation of $500 each, with all proceeds supporting breast cancer research. The Americans also were active in raising start-up funds for the establishment of a local chapter of The First Tee. Players visit schools and hospitals weekly and assist the young hockey players with their practices. Links are provided on their website to other organizations like the local Humane Society, and opportunities have been provided to the Children's Developmental Center to volunteer to aid in the"
"as a publicity stunt to sell advertising and he refused to attend. But his wife exerted pressure upon him and he changed his view, becoming more supportive. By 1922 the editorial side of the paper was fully engaged in promoting the benefits of modern appliances and technology to free its female readers from the drudgery of housework. The ""Mail"" maintained the event until selling it to Media 10 in 2009. On 25 October 1924, the ""Daily Mail"" published the forged Zinoviev letter, which indicated that British Communists were planning violent revolution. This was thought by some a significant factor in"
"funds to purchase linen and sew clothing for American troops. DeBerdt had wanted to give the men gold or silver coins, something above and beyond what they would normally receive, but Washington feared the money would be used for liquor. He also had each volunteer seamstress, whether married or unmarried, sew her name into the clothing she made. More than 2,200 shirts for the soldiers were created from the funds and the labor of these women. For de Berdt's efforts in support of the American cause, she was recognized as a Daughter of Liberty. Unfortunately, Reed did not live to"
"and ensuring that women were included in mixed shows. She supported exhibition of artwork both locally and around the country, including the 1913 Armory Show in New York. Whitney also donated money to the Society of Independent Artists founded in 1917, which aimed to promote artists who deviated from academic norms. She actively bought works from new artists including the Ashcan School. In 1922, she financed publication of ""The Arts"" magazine, to prevent its closing. She was the primary financial backer for the ""International Composer's Guild,"" an organization created to promote the performance of modern music. By 1908, Whitney had"
"party conventions in the 1952 presidential election, which was heavily sponsored by Westinghouse, Furness wore 28 different outfits, enough to become the subject of a Life Magazine story. Furness's contract with Westinghouse eventually resulted in her receiving an annual salary of $100,000 and her advertisements caused sales of the company's appliances to soar, with the one notable exception of the dishwasher, which proved a hard sell after market research found that American women were reluctant to buy a device that would in effect completely automate their kitchen and give them nothing to do. One of television's most recognizable series of"
"of Isabella Blow, her friend who committed suicide in 2007. The lot was purchased prior to an auction which was arranged at Christie's. Guinness said of the purchase, ""Indeed, in many ways, the auction would not be merely a sale of clothes; it would be a sale of what was left of Issie, and the carrion crows would gather and take away her essence forever."" She later announced that she would be displaying the wardrobe at Central Saint Martins and online, as well as starting a foundation to help with mental illness. Guinness also held an auction in 2012 where"
"bag of flour on his shoulder after losing a political bet in Austin, Nevada. The sack of flour was later auctioned off, then re-donated, then re-auctioned again and again to raise money for the United States Sanitary Commission during the American Civil War. Auctioning this single flour sack eventually raised more than $250,000. By the late 19th century, flour sacks were often printed in various colors and designs, and recycled for clothing and other purposes. ""With feed sacks and flour bags, farmwomen took thriftiness to new heights of creativity, transforming the humble bags into dresses, underwear, towels, curtains, quilts, and"
"person at their local office of the Wilson Foundation to make donations in person. In addition, the Wilson Foundation made use of newspaper advertising and planned a fundraising canvas in connection with its January 1922 endowment drive. Rather than a door-to-door drive, this canvas seems to have taken the form of volunteers from various organizations, frequently women, operating fundraising tables at banks, drug stores, and other well-trafficked places. The Monday, January 16 focused fundraising event was to be preceded by mass meetings in major cities on Saturday, January 14, and by advocacy of the project by religious ministers speaking from"
"(1917–1920) and then ""The American Girl"", with ""The"" later dropped (but not to be confused with the currently published ""American Girl"" magazine). Circulation exceed 200,00 in the 1940s, and at one time this magazine had the largest circulation of any magazine aimed at teen-aged girls. International Girl Scout gatherings named Senior Roundups were held every three years from 1956 until 1965: When the Girl Scouts were first organized the organization claimed to be ""non-sectarian in practice as well as theory"". By the early 1920s Catholic Girl Scout units had been founded in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and other cities. In"
"their New York City flagship store and at their Dallas location. American Girl American Girl is an American line of dolls released in 1986 by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to eleven-year-old girls of a variety of ethnicities. They are sold with accompanying books told from the viewpoint of the girls. Originally the stories focused on various periods of American history, but were expanded in 1995 to include characters and stories from contemporary life. Aside from the original American Girl dolls, the buyer also has the option to purchase dolls that look like themselves. The options for the line"
"most part, unsuccessful at selling the product in the office she rented in Cincinnati. Most potential users thought the item was either unnecessary, potentially harmful to their health, or that the red color of the product would damage their clothing. Odorono began selling after Murphey took the product to Atlantic City in 1912 for a Summer long exposition. Subsequently, Murphey began advertising the product in newspapers in major cities. In 1914, Murphey took out at US$50,000 bank loan, and hired the J. Walter Thompson (JWT) agency to create a national advertising campaign for Odorono. Early advertisements focused on addressing the"
"her peers and campaigned to have them adopted as an official symbol of remembrance by the American Legion. Madame E. Guérin attended the 1920 convention where the Legion supported Michael's proposal and was inspired to sell poppies in her native France to raise money for the war's orphans. In 1921, Guérin sent poppy sellers to London ahead of Armistice Day, attracting the attention of Field Marshal Douglas Haig. A co-founder of The Royal British Legion, Haig supported and encouraged the sale. The practice quickly spread throughout the British Empire. The wearing of poppies in the days leading up to Remembrance"
"legislators and America by wearing this ribbon.""” Haley was strictly grassroots, handing the cards out at the local supermarket and writing prominent women, everyone from former First Ladies to Dear Abby. Her message spread by word of mouth. Haley distributed thousands of these cards. The peach colored ribbon of Hayley aroused interest from Alexandra Penney, editor in chief of"" Self magazine"", who was working on"" Self magazine""‘s 1992 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month issue. She saw the initiative to adapt to Hayley’s idea by working with her. But Hayley rejected the offer saying that Self’s initiative was too commercial. Unable"