letme_meowmeow@sh.itjust.works to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 months ago"Married at 15 ?" - The Astonishing Mrs. Highfield - Rinso’s Soap - Australia, 1953i.ibb.coimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down11
arrow-up199arrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareobservantTrapezium@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·10 months 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-up8arrow-down2·10 months 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-up1·5 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/