About Paula Green
Lived 1927 – 2015 (aged 88). Paula Green was an American businessperson.
Paula Green (September 18, 1927 – December 4, 2015) was an American advertising executive, best known for writing the lyrics to the "Look for the Union Label" song for ILGWU and the Avis motto "We Try Harder". Green was one of the pioneers of women in advertising.
Biography Green was born in 1927 to a Jewish family in Los Angeles. She moved to New York City to work in advertising after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley.
She was a copywriter at Seventeen and then worked at LC Gumbinner Agency. Green started her career with the Doyle Dane Bernbach agency In 1969, she started her own firm, Green Dolmatch, which became Paula Green Advertising, An early breast cancer awareness ad campaign devised by Green for the American Cancer Society is credited with saving dozens of lives.
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Who was Paula Green?
American businesswoman
When was Paula Green born?
Paula Green was born on 18 September 1927 in Los Angeles.
When did Paula Green die?
Paula Green died on 4 December 2015.
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Paula Green was a businessperson.
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Paula Green was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Paula Green. https://biography.guide/paula-green-businessperson/
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