That is all.

Also, Hillary Clinton apparently didn’t get the dress code memo in the 80′s, 90′s, or anytime since.

I think the advice on how to “move up” the pay scale is still valid in the business world. (The quietly competent advice in the OP)

On a personal note, my grandmother always wanted to be a career woman and– after graduating from high school–learned shorthand, typing, and other office skills at Stevens Heneger college in the late 1930s. An article like this may have been what planted the idea.

If you’re not mothering a baby at home, you can mother your boss at work. Interesting choice of a metaphor.

When women first went into business, they thought they must dress as much like men as possible. They wore stiff collars and mannish ties, and hideous suits. They thought they were doing men’s work and must therefore appear masculine. How terribly ugly those outfits were!

makes me think of the 1980′s.

I like her advice on dress, too, Researcher. There were occasional editorial remarks in the YWJ warning against wearing “party” clothes to the office, which is probably equivalent to Mrs. Stewart’s “frilly.” But I do love the idea that you can be feminine and smart and crisp and be business-appropriate without mimicking a man’s wardrobe.

When I learned to type, the standard deduction for errors when calculating speed was only 5 wpm, explained as the time necessary to make corrections (in those days we used typewriter erasers with brushes at the end to brush away the eraser crumbs, and often had to correct multiple carbon copies at the same time — they didn’t even have correcting tape or Wite-Out yet). I wonder if the difference in deduction reflects an improvement in erasure technology, or just a difference in philosophy?