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EDITOR'S NOTE, CONTINUED ...Published: March 01, 2010
And when one bright newcomer named Peggy shows signs of ambition, she’s
slapped down by the secretary of all secretaries, Joan – just like a
cat pawing a mouse. But she’s tenacious and cunning, and she finds
windows of opportunity to share her “feminine perspective” on the
campaigns she sees Don laboring over. Doggone it if her suggestions
don’t click with the client, and he realizes that – what do you know –
the girl’s got talent.
I entered the work force some 20
years later. A lot had changed by then. About half of the managers in
the company I first went to work for were women.
Just a
few years earlier, though, it didn’t seem as if things had changed much
at all. A teacher in high school predicted my future. It was something
he did at the end of each semester. He’d go around the classroom and
tell each student what he or she would be doing in 10 years. He told
the class, “I’m hardly ever wrong.”
He said that I’d marry
at 21, and by the time I was 28, I’d be at home raising two kids. He
didn’t see college or a career in my future.
“I may be married,” I said, “but I won’t have kids. I’m going to go to college and have a career.”
“Nope” – he was adamant. “I’ll see you at your 10-year reunion, and you’re going to tell me I’m right.”
He was wrong. I went to college, pursued a career, and as it turns out, children were not in my future.
That
was 20-plus years ago, and a lot more has changed. (And, hopefully,
that teacher is retired.) Want proof? Turn to page 38 and read about
the women who are named on our list of 20 Women to Watch. tborgatta@churmmedia.com
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I entered the work force some 20 years later. A lot had changed by then. About half of the managers in the company I first went to work for were women.
Just a few years earlier, though, it didn’t seem as if things had changed much at all. A teacher in high school predicted my future. It was something he did at the end of each semester. He’d go around the classroom and tell each student what he or she would be doing in 10 years. He told the class, “I’m hardly ever wrong.”
He said that I’d marry at 21, and by the time I was 28, I’d be at home raising two kids. He didn’t see college or a career in my future.
“I may be married,” I said, “but I won’t have kids. I’m going to go to college and have a career.”
“Nope” – he was adamant. “I’ll see you at your 10-year reunion, and you’re going to tell me I’m right.”
He was wrong. I went to college, pursued a career, and as it turns out, children were not in my future.
That was 20-plus years ago, and a lot more has changed. (And, hopefully, that teacher is retired.) Want proof? Turn to page 38 and read about the women who are named on our list of 20 Women to Watch. tborgatta@churmmedia.com
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