Contribution of Women to U.S. Marketing Thought: The Consumers' Perspective,1900-1940

Abstract

This paper examines the early contributions of women to marketing thought with particular emphasis on marketing's evolving interest in the consumer. The emergence of market ing and home economics in the beginning of the present century provides a background for development of consumer theory and the relationships between these two disciplines. In addition, the contributions of women more closely aligned with mainstream marketing thought in the first half of the century are described and the significance of the "feminine perspective" and unique understanding of the consumer is demonstrated.

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