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Advertising—perhaps business, period—has historically been a fraternity house and, well, to a great degree it still is. But while women have finally begun getting a well-earned spotlight in recent years, Adweek was on the lookout for female talent from the start. We might not have written about as many influential women as we should have, but we spotted more than a few. Below are 10 of them.
Print and television executive Carolyn Wall appeared in our pages in May 1981, just after taking the helm of the Advertising Women of New York.

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