Judith Martin, Sheila Nevins, Peggy Noonan, Julia Reed, Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Marlo Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, and Mary Wells Lawrence. Honors Named one of the top ten newsmakers of the 1960s by Advertising Age. The youngest member to be inducted into the Copywriters Hall of Fame. Recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1969. Named the 1971 Advertising Woman of the Year by the American Advertising Federation. Inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame in 1999. Author Mary Wells Lawrence. A Big Life in Advertising. Hardcover: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, Paperback: Touchstone, 2003, References Further reading The Lady Who Got an Era. Student thesis for Fall 1996 course in the Department of Advertising in the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication. Copyright 1996, Youngseon Kim. Thesis hosted online by the University's Center for Interactive Advertising (ciAd). External links Braniff Flying Colors Historical Page Mary Wells Lawrence at wowOwow "Madison Avenue", BBC Adam Curtis blog discusses Wells' career and features a film about Braniff from 1967 in which Wells speaks. 1928 births American advertising executives Living people Businesspeople from Youngstown, Ohio Women in advertising