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Women-oriented business group won't shun the guys

James Bernstein

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James Bernstein is a longtime business writer for Newsday.

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Back in 1956, eight young women on Wall Street applied to become members of the Young Men's Investment Association, a social club for financial types. When they were turned down, they formed their own Young Women's Investment Association, which over the decades has morphed into the Financial Women's Association, with 900 members in New York and New Jersey.

Now, some women on Long Island are...

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