Local advertising women organized the Women’s Advertising Club of Washington in April 1943 to educate, support, and further the advertising careers of D.C. women. The Club received its charter from the Advertising Federation of America the same year. Initially, members met in each other’s homes to share information and educate one another about their work. The club engaged in a number of civic activities during its history, including organizing a speakers bureau in 1946 to provide college lecturers; establishing an annual scholarship award, Publicity Clinic, and a “National High School Essay Contest” in 1951; and sponsoring a biannual political poll luncheon beginning in 1954 with leading politicians and commentators. In 1965 the Club began a public service project, “Widening Horizons,” which provided cultural and educational activities for girls in the inner city schools of Shaw and Lincoln Junior High. In 1974 the Club folded its membership into the Advertising Club of Metropolitan Washington with a formal “Agreement of Unification.”