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Women Marched for the right to smoke? - Untold History
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In today's episode of History and Hearsay, we are discussing that time women marched for the right to smoke and the REAL story behind it! ~ Christina
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Sources:
https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/original-influencer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom
https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/9/1/3
https://yourstory.com/2014/08/torches-of-freedom
https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/02/27/torches-of-freedom-women-and-smoking-propaganda/
https://biblio.uottawa.ca/omeka2/jmccutcheon/exhibits/show/american-women-in-tobacco-adve/torches-of-freedom-campaign
https://csts.ua.edu/women/distinction/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Bernays
https://tubitv.com/movies/678012/propaganda-the-manufacture-of-consent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/08/16/specials/bernays-obit.html?_r=2
https://www.thoughtco.com/edward-bernays-4685459
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - The rise of smoking in America - Marketing to men
1:21 - Problems with trying to advertising cigarettes to women
2:44 - Professional Bio for Edward Bernays
7:05 - Examples of some of Bernays Advertising Campaigns
8:38 - Lucky Strikes hires Bernays
10:00 - Torches of Freedom - THE MARCH
13:00 - Other ways they marketed cigarettes to women
14:07 - Take away from todays video - OUTRO
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