Jane Trahey was an American businesswoman and writer.
12 Facts About Jane Trahey
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Jane Trahey is best known as one of the pioneers of advertising during the 1960s.
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Jane Trahey's awards include the Advertising Woman of the Year award in 1969 from the American Advertising Federation.
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Jane Trahey acted as the chief for advertising campaigns on behalf of Bill Blass, Elizabeth Arden, and Blackglama mink, among others.
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Jane Trahey earned the degree of Master of Fine Arts in 1975 from Columbia University in New York.
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Jane Trahey worked at Neiman-Marcus in Texas for nine years where she became the director of advertising and sales.
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Jane Trahey even tested different colors with scented inks in retail ads.
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Jane Trahey attempted to get credit for creating many of the slogans that her employees came up with, as detailed in Norman Sunshine's 2011 book Double Life.
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Jane Trahey referred to her as being a lesbian who dated his gay partner's ex-wife, which is how Sunshine got his position with Trahey's agency.
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Jane Trahey wrote a play, Ring Round the Bathtub, which was produced on Broadway in 1972 starring Elizabeth Ashley.
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Jane Trahey wrote Thursdays Till Nine and Pecked to Death by Goslings.
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Jane Trahey received more than 200 awards over the course of her career.