ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1926, is the candid record of a woman’s experiences in the business world at the turn of the twentieth century. Finishing her career as an advertising executive – one of the first women to succeed in that industry – Helen Woodward had experienced a fascinating life as a stenographer, and a clerk, being hired and fired and enduring the tedium of office life. Written with zest, shot through with shrewd and dispassionate comment on business life and practices, and filled with fascinating detail and anecdote, this autobiography is a remarkable record of an early business woman’s life.

chapter I|16 pages

I AM FIRED

chapter II|17 pages

I WORK FOR NOTHING

chapter III|11 pages

LITERATURE BY THE POUND

chapter IV|11 pages

LONG JOHN SILVER

chapter V|9 pages

SMALL TOWN NEW YORK

chapter VI|8 pages

EUNICE'S DOLL

chapter VII|13 pages

BOUND IN MOROCCO

chapter VIII|9 pages

THROUGH WITH STENOGRAPHY

chapter IX|13 pages

A PINWHEEL OFFICE

chapter X|15 pages

THE GAME

chapter XI|14 pages

FISH AND SPICE CAKES

chapter XII|14 pages

OTHER PEOPLE'S PIES

chapter XIII|17 pages

TRANSLATED INTO THE FEMININE

chapter XIV|15 pages

I WALK MORE SOFTLY

chapter XV|17 pages

WHO WAS THERE THAT YOU KNEW?

chapter XVI|10 pages

SOB STUFF

chapter XVII|12 pages

FIFTY-SEVEN VARIETIES

chapter XVIII|18 pages

LESS WORK. MORE PAY

chapter XIX|17 pages

"CONSPICUOUS WASTE"

chapter XX|14 pages

WINDOWS

chapter XXI|18 pages

MAIL THE COUPON

chapter XXII|13 pages

WRITING COPY

chapter XXIII|25 pages

SELLING BEAUTY

chapter XXIV|20 pages

SETTING A NEW FASHION

chapter XXV|16 pages

NEW IDEAS FOR OLD

chapter XXVI|14 pages

MELODRAMA

chapter XXVII|11 pages

TOY BALLOONS