Helen Lansdowne Resor

Who was Helen Lansdowne Resor?

Helen Bayless Lansdowne Resor was an American advertising executive with J. Walter Thompson Co.. A noted copywriter, she was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Fame in 1967. She was named #14 on the list of 100 Advertising people of the 20th Century by Advertising Age.

She married her husband Stanley B. Resor in 1917. He was on the business side at J. Walter Thompson and was also inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Resor was also active in the suffrage movement.

Their son, Stanley R. Resor, was Secretary of the Army from 1965 until 1971.