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Expect great things! : how the Katharine Gibbs School revolutionized the American workplace for women Cover Image Book Book

Expect great things! : how the Katharine Gibbs School revolutionized the American workplace for women / Vanda Krefft.

Krefft, Vanda, (author.).

Summary:

"A social history of the famed Katharine Gibbs School, which from the 1910s to the 1960s trained women for executive secretary positions but surreptitiously was instilling the self-confidence and strategic know-how necessary for them to claim equality, power, and authority in the wider world"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781643753171
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2025.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Manhattan, mid-1950s -- April 4, 1909, Cranston, Rhode Island -- Catherine/Katharine -- A new idea in education -- "Expect great things!" -- Where do all the girls come from? -- "Give to courage a smiling face" -- The Tiffany's of secretarial schools -- "What a job you've done!" -- What are we in for now? -- "Yes, we fight" -- Civilians -- Wonder Woman -- "Heavens to Elizabeth, girls" -- "Greatest show on Earth" -- Life at the top -- It's showtime! -- The writers -- The game changers -- Setting sun -- The end.

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Subject: Katharine Gibbs Schools.
Gibbs, Katharine, 1863-1934.
Secretaries > Training of > United States > History > 20th century.
Vocational education > United States > History > 20th century.
Women white collar workers > United States > History > 20th century.
For-profit universities and colleges > United States > History > 20th century.
Women college administrators > United States > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

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