letme_meowmeow@sh.itjust.works to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year ago"Married at 15 ?" - The Astonishing Mrs. Highfield - Rinso’s Soap - Australia, 1953i.ibb.coimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1image"Married at 15 ?" - The Astonishing Mrs. Highfield - Rinso’s Soap - Australia, 1953i.ibb.coletme_meowmeow@sh.itjust.works to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareobservantTrapezium@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoReally doubt any of the information is true. I bet the ad was created by men with seriusly messed up assumptions.
minus-squaresleen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNearly all of the old ads are barely believable. It’s a whole different timeline - where the commons had no say.
minus-squaredparticiple@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoShe was most certainly real. Here’s her Find a Grave memorial with a supporting news article, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250277859/shirley-elizabeth-highfield , and the r/vintageads subreddit took a detailed look at her some time ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/18dxqu3/the_astonishing_mrs_highfield_for_rinsos_soap/
Really doubt any of the information is true. I bet the ad was created by men with seriusly messed up assumptions.
Nearly all of the old ads are barely believable. It’s a whole different timeline - where the commons had no say.
She was most certainly real. Here’s her Find a Grave memorial with a supporting news article, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250277859/shirley-elizabeth-highfield , and the r/vintageads subreddit took a detailed look at her some time ago - https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageads/comments/18dxqu3/the_astonishing_mrs_highfield_for_rinsos_soap/