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ruby59|1469561408|4059549 said:Tekate, I also joined the work force in the 70's and experienced the very same things you did. I would never have dreamed of speaking up because I was supporting myself. I was also just 18 at the time.
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All that proves is then, like now, there were crappy bosses out there.
I had the opposite experience. I worked for an Insurance Agency. And yes I started as a secretary.
And as my skills grew they gave me more opportunities where I eventually became an underwriter.
Oh, I think the 70s allowed women to advance, but not too far, glad you became an underwriter, in order for me to advance and use my degree I had to jump companies a few times till I hit IBM and then I moved up the ranks quickly and IBM was a different world, where there were women managers, I loved it, till I left to have my kids, went back and then left and then worked for a non profit and then retired.. I feel very lucky that I was able to go from 1974 when I graduated from college and working in a horribly sexist environment, moving up to where I ended and was able to retire. As to the constant sexual harassment that ended when I became a manager.
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