AT&T ad: “Wife Preservers”
Contributed by Stephen Coles on Jan 25th, 2015. Artwork published in
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Source: solo-vintage.tumblr.com License: All Rights Reserved.
Copy says:
The telephone can be a wife’s best friend. Helps her get everything done. Saves her wrinkles. Saves her time. Saves her budget, too. A bargain without the hunting. We may be the only phone company in town, but we try not to act like it.
Found in Mom’s Basement:
In case you’re wondering why this old AT&T ad would be considered a sexist ad, one reason is that it supports the notion that being a wife is the defining role of a woman.
