4 thoughts on “It pays!”

1. I don’t believe my mother ever had a stenography class beyond high school, but she perfected the skill and used it in many places including ‘working with…heads of departments.’ Unfortunately, her opportunities for advancement met a hard glass ceiling.

2. Your mother’s story, charlene, is my mother’s story. And mine, until I was past 40. Even though those “heads of departments” generally preferred using recorders toward the end of my secretarial days, when they had clients in their offices they couldn’t resist “calling in my girl to take a letter” as long as there were still “girls” who could take dictation. But there was never any question about “advancing” the “girl” to anything but taking dictation and making coffee.

3. My mother knew shorthand and used it all the time around the house. The boxes in my storeroom are labelled in shorthand. Yeah, I don’t know what it all means.

4. I love the candid admission that the best way to get ahead is knowing the boss. “Fair education,” shorthand, and knowing the boss.

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