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SWIMMING IN THE STENO POOL
By: Lynn Peril
A Retro Guide to Making It in the Office
W. W. Norton & Company
May 2011
On Sale: April 25, 2011
291 pages
ISBN: 0393338541
EAN: 9780393338546
Paperback
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Non-Fiction
Feed your bossβs ego. Dress for success. And donβt let your heels trip you up on the corporate ladder. Millions of women have held the position of secretary, alternately lauded as a breakthrough opportunity and excoriated as dead-end busy work. From the female pioneers who infiltrated Capitol Hill offices during the Civil War to todayβs tech-savvy administrative assistants, secretaries have withstood criticism for abandoning their rightful sphere (the home), weathered the dubious advice of secretarial guide- books, taken hits from feminists and antifeminists alike, and demanded the right to resist making coffeeβall while making their bosses look good. In Swimming in the Steno Pool, author-secretary Lynn Peril profiles the various incarnations of the secretary, from pliable, sexy mate of the βoffice husbandβ to postfeminist executive-in-training, drawing inspiration from a wide range of βfemorabiliaβ and secretarial guidebooks of yesteryear. Featuring an array of fabulous illus- trations promoting office equipment and office girls alike, Peril delivers a feisty, witty celebration of the women whoβve been running the show for decades. 42 black-and-white illustrations
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